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

GREAT

Yes, GREAT was the Wordle answer on November 2, 2021 (Wordle #136).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪt//ˈɡɹɛjt//ˈɡɹæɪt/

Adjective

Taking much space; large.

Adjective

Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic.

“Dinner was great.”

Interjection

Expression of gladness and content about something.

“Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.”

Interjection

A sarcastic inversion thereof.

“Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.”

Alternative forms: geet, gert, girt, gurt

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: November 2, 2021 (#136).

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

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How GREAT performs as a guess

GREAT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 99 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,445 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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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

G___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__A_ G in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY MOILE SLAIN SEINE SLANE SOUTH
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.45 Entropy (bits)
99 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GREAT 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,445 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GREAT ranks #1,445 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,069
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
33%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T A L E A
A V E R T
G R E A T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GREAT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

126 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

283
184
175
151
114
86
76
75
62
57
51
50
49
47
39
39
38
36
34
32
31
27
27
23
21
20
20
20
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GREAT:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
MOILE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
7.8% →
MOILE 5.27 bits
7.4% →
SLAIN 5.12 bits
6.4% →
SEINE 4.44 bits
4.8% →
SLANE 4.64 bits
3.6% →
SOUTH 4.81 bits
3.2% →
CURRY 4.81 bits
3.2% →
HOARD 4.16 bits
2.6% →
TOISE 4.37 bits
2.4% →
HASTY 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1E1A1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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