This is the 5058th most frequent Turkish word.
güya
"Supposedly" or "as if."
'Güya' is used here to express skepticism or irony about the statement that follows, indicating that the easiness of the questions is dubious.
Güya sınav soruları kolaydı ama hiç de öyle görünmüyordu.
Supposedly, the exam questions were easy, but they didn't seem that way at all.
In this sentence, 'güya' introduces a claim whose validity is doubted or contradicted by subsequent information.
Ahmet güya çok çalışmış, ama sonuçlar bunu yansıtmıyor.
Ahmet supposedly studied a lot, but the results don't reflect that.
Here, 'güya' implies a contrast between an expectation or claim and the disappointing reality.