5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

GRADE

Yes, GRADE has been the Wordle answer on July 4, 2021 (Wordle #15) and March 15, 2026 (Wordle #1730).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪd/[ɡɹeɪd][ɡɹɛjd]

Noun

A rating.

“This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.”

Noun

Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.

“He got a good grade on the test.”

Verb

To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.

Verb

To organize in grades.

“a graded reader”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used 2 times

Past Wordle answer: July 4, 2021 (#15); March 15, 2026 (#1730).

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

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How GRADE performs as a guess

GRADE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,023 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__D_ G in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TALON SLEET SEITY TORUS STALK
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRADE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,023 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRADE ranks #2,023 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
956
4 guesses
1,090
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
13
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
38%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C R I S P
V O D K A
G R A D E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GRADE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

348
191
159
141
122
105
91
79
61
57
56
51
51
50
48
44
40
28
27
27
24
23
21
21
21
18
18
16
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRADE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON
7% chance
Suggested:
SLEET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
8.1% →
TALON 5.18 bits
6.7% →
SLEET 5.35 bits
6.0% →
SEITY 4.03 bits
5.2% →
SOILY 4.73 bits
4.5% →
TORUS 5.19 bits
3.9% →
STALK 4.53 bits
3.4% →
CAROL 4.58 bits
2.6% →
PRINT 3.98 bits
2.4% →
SLEET 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1A1D2E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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