5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GRAYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹeɪz/

Noun

plural of gray

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of gray

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 GRAYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRAYS 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 84.1% of games, misses completely in 15.9%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,607 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLOTE CONTE TALER SUITE STILE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRAYS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,607 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRAYS ranks #5,607 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

375
221
199
187
129
113
104
80
79
75
66
58
56
47
47
44
31
28
26
23
20
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19
18
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16
15
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRAYS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.9% →
TOILE 6.18 bits
9.4% →
CLOTE 5.51 bits
8.4% →
TOILE 5.43 bits
7.9% →
TOILE 4.92 bits
5.5% →
TOILE 4.54 bits
4.8% →
CONTE 4.88 bits
4.4% →
TALER 4.64 bits
3.4% →
SUITE 4.53 bits
3.3% →
STILE 4.44 bits
3.2% →
CLINE 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1A1Y4S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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