5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GUACO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any of various vine-like climbing plants of Central and South America and the West Indies, including Mikania and Aristolochia species, reputed to have curative powers.

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 GUACO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GUACO 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,733 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__C_ G in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SILER TALER TORSE STIRE SMILE TRINE
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GUACO 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,733 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GUACO ranks #7,733 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
21

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

411
302
293
179
108
84
80
57
55
54
54
52
40
39
34
31
28
25
24
21
21
21
20
20
17
17
16
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GUACO:

17% chance
Suggested:
SILER
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
SILER 5.91 bits
12.8% →
TALER 5.56 bits
12.4% →
TORSE 5.29 bits
7.6% →
STIRE 5.14 bits
4.6% →
STIRE 5.20 bits
3.6% →
SMILE 4.32 bits
3.4% →
TALER 4.38 bits
2.4% →
TRINE 4.57 bits
2.3% →
CRIED 4.79 bits
2.3% →
TRIPE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2U1A1C3O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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