5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GREEK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːk/

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).

Verb

To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.

Verb

To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.

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 GREEK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GREEK 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 72.7% of games, misses completely in 27.3%, and leaves about 262 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,234 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___K G in the 1st position and K in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE COAST SOLAR REAST SLANT
Words starting with G Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
262 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GREEK 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,234 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GREEK ranks #10,234 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
15
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
35%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

643
292
228
108
106
105
84
82
64
51
46
44
39
35
30
29
23
23
22
21
18
18
16
15
15
14
12
12
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GREEK:

27% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.3% →
SAULT 5.91 bits
12.4% →
SLATE 5.51 bits
9.7% →
COAST 5.31 bits
4.6% →
SOLAR 3.63 bits
4.5% →
REAST 4.54 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.31 bits
3.6% →
SAUNT 4.67 bits
3.5% →
OLDEN 4.38 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.73 bits
2.2% →
SHALT 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1E1E1K5
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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