Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

GRAIP

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

No dictionary definition for GRAIP is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use GRAIP in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How GRAIP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRAIP 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #1,713 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe GRAIP used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.90 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How GRAIP 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#1,713 Rank among openers
Opening with GRAIP solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.61 average. It ranks #1,713 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
967
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
32%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

GRAIP can come back 107 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

385 answers
246 answers
219 answers
191 answers
128 answers
108 answers
71 answers
69 answers
59 answers
54 answers
48 answers
43 answers
42 answers
40 answers
40 answers
39 answers
38 answers
32 answers
31 answers
28 answers
26 answers
23 answers
23 answers
21 answers
20 answers
20 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
14 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1A1I1P3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing GRAIP

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to GRAIP.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRAIP:

16% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
STOLE 5.93 bits
10.3% →
CLOTE 5.37 bits
9.2% →
SORER 5.25 bits
8.0% →
STILE 5.32 bits
5.4% →
SHULE 5.17 bits
4.5% →
TALER 4.74 bits
3.0% →
POLEY 4.94 bits
2.9% →
CONTE 4.74 bits
2.5% →
RISEN 4.29 bits
2.3% →
CONTE 4.79 bits

Research on GRAIP

Game-tree analysis and word research for GRAIP, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with GRAIP, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,626 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.79 guesses at best and is rank #1,048 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.61, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).