5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GRIST

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪst/

Noun

Grain that is to be ground in a mill.

Noun

A given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three strands.

Verb

To grind in a mill.

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 GRIST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRIST 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 137 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #243 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.57 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE COLEY PLANE LIANE HAOLE CANOE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
137 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRIST 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.

3.57 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#243 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRIST ranks #243 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,072
4 guesses
1,053
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
IRST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
35%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
235
142
126
120
98
66
66
65
65
61
59
58
53
47
37
33
31
30
30
24
23
20
19
19
19
19
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRIST:

17% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
10% chance
Suggested:
COLEY
6% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
ALONE 6.04 bits
10.0% →
COLEY 5.23 bits
6.0% →
PLANE 5.28 bits
5.3% →
LIANE 4.98 bits
5.1% →
HAOLE 5.40 bits
4.2% →
CANOE 4.90 bits
2.8% →
CLADE 5.00 bits
2.8% →
PLATE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
HAOLE 4.83 bits
2.8% →
CARPE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1I1S1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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