5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GREBO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡriːbəʊ/

Noun

A member of an alternative subculture, typically one based on rock music, as opposed to a chav or townie.

Noun

A member of a United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, musically affiliated with garage rock and electronica, typically wearing baggy clothes and hair in high ponytails.

Alternative forms: greebo

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 GREBO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GREBO 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,086 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___O G in the 1st position and O in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _R__O R in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL SLATE SLANT STAIR SLATY CONTE
Words starting with G Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GREBO 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,086 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GREBO ranks #6,086 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

431
296
203
183
119
95
95
90
68
52
50
46
40
38
37
34
27
26
25
25
22
22
18
17
16
15
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GREBO:

18% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
SNAIL 5.87 bits
12.5% →
SLATE 5.66 bits
8.6% →
SLANT 5.20 bits
7.8% →
STAIR 4.48 bits
5.0% →
SLATY 4.95 bits
4.0% →
CONTE 4.43 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 5.09 bits
3.8% →
COAST 4.34 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.36 bits
2.2% →
SAULT 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1E1B3O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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