5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

GRILL

GRILL is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪl/

Noun

A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.

Noun

The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.

Verb

To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

“Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?”

Verb

To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.

Alternative forms: grille, girl

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 GRILL performs as a guess

GRILL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,883 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___L G in the 1st position and L in the 5th position G__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

COATE TERRA SPACE CASTE STONE SANED
Words starting with G Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRILL 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,883 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRILL ranks #7,883 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
820
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
33%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
D O U G H
G R I L L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GRILL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

555
351
187
169
146
98
72
62
62
60
47
47
34
32
27
26
26
24
21
21
19
19
15
14
14
13
13
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRILL:

24% chance
Suggested:
COATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
8% chance
Suggested:
SPACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
COATE 6.11 bits
14.9% →
TERRA 5.39 bits
7.9% →
SPACE 5.42 bits
7.2% →
CASTE 4.98 bits
6.2% →
COATE 5.11 bits
4.2% →
STONE 5.15 bits
3.1% →
SANED 4.39 bits
2.6% →
POTAE 4.48 bits
2.6% →
SAUTE 4.88 bits
2.5% →
ATONE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1I1L1L1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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