Goes… 🫤

Never had to write it or read it but hearing it wouldn't bother me. It's obvious what it means and one does talk of having a go So several goes is logical.

It's absolutely correct.

'Gos' would look even sillier... And silliest of all would be 'go's'

Yes.
So, going by that logic (not that there is any logic to this sort of thing) for the plural of bridal party, it’s Hen Does

Don't ask me Fanny you know what my spelling is like but I would automatically write goes. Or change it completely to turns.

Attempts?

Locally, West of Scotland, we would say 'shots' to mean tries, attempts, goes...
As in,
It took me half a dozen shots to thread that needle!

Yes, I'd say, "I had to have several goes at ...."

'Goes' looks and sounds ok to me.

'Does' sounds right but looks odd!

Wyllow3

Yes, I'd say, "I had to have several goes at ...."

And 100% accepted as correct by a multitude of renowned dictionaries.

Total sympathy with this dilemma. I once wasted a good 5 minutes in an exam because 'whose' didn't look right - but it was and so is goes.
As for 'does/dos' - since when did this wonderful language have any kind of consistent logic!?

Thanks all!
(I wasn’t searching for synonyms, but wondered about the spelling, but no matter)

Hair does? ✂️

Yammy

Don't ask me Fanny you know what my spelling is like but I would automatically write goes. Or change it completely to turns.

Yes, definitely! If in doubt, search for another word!

FannyCornforth

Thanks all!
(I wasn’t searching for synonyms, but wondered about the spelling, but no matter)

Hair does? ✂️

Having a hair do? lol

FannyCornforth

Thanks all!
(I wasn’t searching for synonyms, but wondered about the spelling, but no matter)

Hair does? ✂️

Oh dear! or Oh deer!

It's bad enough we women worry about our hair, but reading this, I wonder when the female deer had started bothering about theirs!

Ooh, I hadn’t thought of that Grandtante!
Rabbits too…
Insert your own hair / hare joke 🐇