5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GRISE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːz/

Noun

Alternative form of grice (“a pig”).

Noun

A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.

Alternative forms: greeze, greese

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 GRISE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRISE 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 87.3% of games, misses completely in 12.7%, and leaves about 106 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,404 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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

COALY DEALT LEANT SLANT ANTIC CAROM
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.34 Entropy (bits)
106 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRISE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,404 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRISE ranks #1,404 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
172
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
39%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

300
192
157
139
136
132
98
73
54
50
46
45
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36
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRISE:

13% chance
Suggested:
COALY
8% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.7% →
COALY 5.75 bits
8.1% →
DEALT 5.26 bits
6.7% →
LEANT 4.28 bits
5.9% →
SLANT 5.03 bits
5.8% →
ANTIC 5.05 bits
5.6% →
CAROM 5.15 bits
4.2% →
LEANT 4.57 bits
3.1% →
CANOE 3.93 bits
2.3% →
PALET 4.62 bits
2.1% →
COALY 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1I1S1E1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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