5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GOYIM

GOYIM is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔɪ.ɪm/

Noun

plural of goy

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How GOYIM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GOYIM as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,609 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

G___M G in the 1st position and M in the 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__M O in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

REAST TRINE CRATE SLART CARET LEANT
Words starting with G Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GOYIM performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,609 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GOYIM ranks #7,609 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
16
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
25%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

650
263
245
169
126
99
84
61
59
49
43
39
29
28
28
26
23
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17
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GOYIM:

28% chance
Suggested:
REAST
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

27.6% →
REAST 6.35 bits
11.2% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
10.4% →
CRATE 5.38 bits
7.2% →
SLART 5.02 bits
5.3% →
CARET 4.97 bits
4.2% →
LEANT 4.98 bits
3.6% →
CARLE 5.19 bits
2.6% →
ALURE 4.97 bits
2.5% →
SIENT 3.90 bits
2.1% →
DROLE 3.61 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for GOYIM; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

G2O1Y4I1M3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.