5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GRESE

GRESE 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

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 GRESE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRESE 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,573 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TALON STAIN CAROL LADEN PALET ANILE
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRESE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,573 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRESE ranks #7,573 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
17
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:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
38%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

486
198
176
171
158
115
108
71
60
58
58
44
35
32
27
26
25
23
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22
21
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20
19
19
15
14
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRESE:

21% chance
Suggested:
TALON
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIN
7% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
TALON 5.70 bits
8.4% →
STAIN 5.05 bits
7.5% →
CAROL 5.26 bits
7.3% →
LADEN 5.12 bits
6.7% →
PALET 4.29 bits
4.9% →
ANILE 4.67 bits
4.6% →
TRAIN 4.25 bits
3.0% →
TONGA 4.79 bits
2.5% →
PLATE 4.11 bits
2.5% →
SHALT 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1E1S1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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