5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GREPS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of grep

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 GREPS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GREPS 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 162 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,306 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__P_ G in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON OLATE SAULT LEANT CAROL SLANT
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
162 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GREPS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,306 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GREPS ranks #4,306 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
190
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
23%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
278
193
177
162
99
87
66
65
51
50
49
47
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GREPS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TALON
12% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
TALON 5.76 bits
11.8% →
OLATE 5.28 bits
8.2% →
SAULT 5.24 bits
7.5% →
LEANT 4.26 bits
6.9% →
CAROL 5.27 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.93 bits
3.7% →
TRAIN 4.35 bits
2.8% →
TONGA 4.81 bits
2.8% →
PLAIT 5.12 bits
2.2% →
ELECT 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1E1P3S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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