5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GRICE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌɪs/

Noun

A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.

Verb

to act as a trainspotter; to partake in the activity or hobby of trainspotting.

Noun

A step or stair.

Alternative forms: grise

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 GRICE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRICE 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #610 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__C_ G in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLANT LEAST ROAST SALTY COALY
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRICE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#610 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRICE ranks #610 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
1,040
4 guesses
1,069
5 guesses
164
6 guesses
16
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
40%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
210
163
149
138
131
71
67
63
55
39
39
38
38
37
36
31
30
30
28
26
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23
21
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18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRICE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
LEAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SAULT 6.01 bits
8.9% →
SLANT 5.50 bits
6.9% →
LEAST 4.34 bits
6.3% →
ROAST 5.06 bits
5.9% →
SAULT 5.39 bits
5.6% →
SALTY 4.98 bits
3.0% →
COALY 5.00 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 5.06 bits
2.7% →
SLANT 4.33 bits
2.3% →
SAULT 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1I1C3E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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