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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

GREED

Yes, GREED was the Wordle answer on March 9, 2025 (Wordle #1359).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːd/

Noun

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

“His greed was his undoing.”

Verb

To desire in a greedy manner, or to act on such a desire.

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: March 9, 2025 (#1359).

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

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How GREED performs as a guess

GREED 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,105 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___D G in the 1st position and D in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__D R in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST ROAST REAST DAILY SAINT
Words starting with G Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GREED 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,105 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GREED ranks #7,105 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
868
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
237
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
34%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
A B A C K
F R E E D
G R E E D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GREED in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
266
208
101
100
96
75
69
67
48
46
43
39
34
34
26
24
21
19
18
17
17
17
16
15
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GREED:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
SLANT 5.92 bits
11.3% →
SLANT 5.59 bits
8.8% →
COAST 5.41 bits
4.3% →
COAST 4.80 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 3.49 bits
4.1% →
REAST 4.59 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.67 bits
2.9% →
DAILY 4.51 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.47 bits
2.0% →
SHALT 5.00 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1E1E1D2
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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