5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GRANS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹænz/

Noun

plural of gran

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 GRANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRANS 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 85.3% of games, misses completely in 14.7%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,438 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.

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__N_ G in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLOTE ROUET STILE TARRE PORTE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRANS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,438 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRANS ranks #1,438 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
989
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
173
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:
ANRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
31%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

346
197
194
190
121
115
100
73
71
68
64
62
46
39
34
33
32
31
26
24
22
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19
18
18
18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRANS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.7% →
TOILE 6.15 bits
8.4% →
CLOTE 5.42 bits
8.2% →
ROUET 4.98 bits
8.1% →
STILE 5.50 bits
5.1% →
TOILE 5.06 bits
4.9% →
TARRE 4.55 bits
4.2% →
CLOTE 4.84 bits
3.1% →
PORTE 4.72 bits
3.0% →
THALE 4.38 bits
2.9% →
CLOTE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1A1N1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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