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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

GRAIL

Yes, GRAIL was the Wordle answer on October 30, 2023 (Wordle #863).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪl/

Noun

The Holy Grail.

Noun

Something eagerly sought or quested for.

“Becoming an astronaut was his grail.”

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 once

Past Wordle answer: October 30, 2023 (#863).

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

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How GRAIL performs as a guess

GRAIL 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 113 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #700 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___L G in the 1st position and L in the 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STONE SORER CONTE SHOTE SOUCE PARER
Words starting with G Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
113 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRAIL 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#700 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRAIL ranks #700 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
1,006
4 guesses
1,089
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
17
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:
AILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
35%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
G R A I L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GRAIL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

298
212
166
159
139
99
91
84
77
60
59
54
48
44
44
40
39
39
32
31
27
27
24
23
23
23
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14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRAIL:

13% chance
Suggested:
STONE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORER
7% chance
Suggested:
CONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
STONE 5.91 bits
9.0% →
SORER 5.30 bits
7.0% →
CONTE 5.26 bits
6.7% →
SHOTE 5.29 bits
5.9% →
SOUCE 5.20 bits
4.2% →
PARER 4.47 bits
3.9% →
SHUTE 4.99 bits
3.6% →
CONTE 4.80 bits
3.3% →
PALET 4.55 bits
2.5% →
SCOTE 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1A1I1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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