5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GREIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 GREIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GREIN 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,283 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.

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___N G in the 1st position and N in the 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLATE SETAE COAST SLATY SHALT
Words starting with G Words ending with N

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GREIN 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
0.71 Volatility
#1,283 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GREIN ranks #1,283 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
996
4 guesses
1,084
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
31%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
252
187
158
126
104
73
69
64
62
60
41
33
32
29
29
28
26
26
24
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GREIN:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SETAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SAULT 5.92 bits
10.7% →
SLATE 5.71 bits
7.9% →
SETAE 4.69 bits
6.7% →
COAST 5.35 bits
5.3% →
SLATY 4.98 bits
4.4% →
SAULT 5.09 bits
3.1% →
SHALT 5.28 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.66 bits
2.7% →
SLICE 4.44 bits
2.6% →
COAST 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1E1I1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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