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

GRAIN

Yes, GRAIN was the Wordle answer on December 27, 2024 (Wordle #1287).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

Open Solver with GRAIN Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪn/

Noun

The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

“We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.”

Noun

Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.

Verb

To feed grain to.

Verb

To make granular; to form into grains.

Alternative forms: grane

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: December 27, 2024 (#1287).

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

Wordle Observatory

How did this puzzle feel?

About the project

Add an anonymous result and difficulty rating to the public, aggregate research dataset.

We send only this answer word for puzzle verification, the puzzle number, result, difficulty vote, Hard Mode flag, timezone and a random one-puzzle receipt token. The Observatory stores no answer word, grid, guesses, account, email, IP-derived ID or reusable player identifier. The puzzle-specific receipt prevents duplicate submissions and permits withdrawal; anyone with that token can withdraw, so keep browser-data exports private. See the privacy details.

How GRAIN performs as a guess

GRAIN 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,128 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___N G in the 1st position and N in the 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SALET SORER STILE PALET TOUSE
Words starting with G Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRAIN 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,128 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRAIN ranks #1,128 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
1,004
4 guesses
1,067
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
18
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:
AINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
34%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GRAIN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

123 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

335
217
208
166
130
116
107
76
56
50
48
48
43
40
34
31
30
28
27
27
24
23
22
20
20
16
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRAIN:

14% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALET
9% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
STOLE 6.00 bits
9.2% →
SALET 5.48 bits
8.8% →
SORER 5.28 bits
7.0% →
STILE 5.42 bits
5.5% →
STOLE 5.16 bits
4.9% →
PALET 4.77 bits
4.5% →
TOUSE 5.07 bits
3.2% →
SCOTE 4.71 bits
2.4% →
SHITE 4.51 bits
2.1% →
SAYNE 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1A1I1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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