5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GRABS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹæbz/

Noun

plural of grab

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of grab

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 GRABS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRABS 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,180 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ROUET TARRE CONTE SUITE THALE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRABS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,180 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRABS ranks #5,180 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
27%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

431
236
235
208
113
102
82
81
75
69
68
67
36
35
31
31
30
24
23
21
18
18
18
18
15
15
15
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRABS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
TOILE 6.07 bits
10.0% →
TOILE 5.23 bits
10.0% →
TOILE 5.51 bits
8.8% →
ROUET 4.89 bits
4.8% →
TARRE 4.46 bits
4.3% →
CONTE 4.92 bits
3.5% →
SUITE 4.59 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.24 bits
3.2% →
CLINE 4.88 bits
2.9% →
SALET 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1A1B3S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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