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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

GRAVY

Yes, GRAVY was the Wordle answer on December 8, 2025 (Wordle #1633).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvi//ˈɡɹɛjvɪj//ˈɡɹæɪvi/

Noun

A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.

“A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy.”

Noun

Sauce used for pasta.

Verb

To make gravy.

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 8, 2025 (#1633).

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

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How GRAVY performs as a guess

GRAVY 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,804 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__V_ G in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _R__Y R in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLOTE TOISE SIDLE STILE CONTE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRAVY 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,804 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRAVY ranks #8,804 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
14
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
39%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
G R A P H
G R A V Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GRAVY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

550
251
245
161
146
129
111
76
65
47
45
39
31
31
26
26
23
23
22
20
19
15
14
14
14
13
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRAVY:

23% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
10.6% →
CLOTE 5.43 bits
10.4% →
TOISE 5.30 bits
6.8% →
SIDLE 4.67 bits
6.2% →
STILE 5.20 bits
5.5% →
CONTE 4.83 bits
4.7% →
CATER 4.59 bits
3.2% →
TOILE 4.76 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 3.75 bits
2.0% →
CLINE 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1A1V4Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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