5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GRINS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪnz/

Noun

plural of grin

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of grin

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 GRINS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRINS 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 82.2% of games, misses completely in 17.8%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,195 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__N_ G in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE TERRA STALE TILDE CANOE COATE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRINS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,195 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRINS ranks #1,195 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

419
274
248
133
121
106
91
59
56
54
50
46
44
39
34
34
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33
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRINS:

18% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.8% →
OLATE 6.07 bits
11.6% →
TERRA 5.44 bits
10.5% →
STALE 5.84 bits
5.6% →
TILDE 5.15 bits
5.1% →
CANOE 5.21 bits
4.5% →
COATE 5.15 bits
3.9% →
POTAE 5.05 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 4.96 bits
2.4% →
CADET 4.32 bits
2.3% →
CADET 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1I1N1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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