5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GRITH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪθ/

Noun

Guaranteed security, sanctuary, safe conduct.

Noun

Security, peace or protection guaranteed in particular instances in Old English law.

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 GRITH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRITH 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,074 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___H G in the 1st position and H in the 5th position G__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__H R in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SERAL SALET AISLE CANOE SCALE
Words starting with G Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRITH 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,074 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRITH ranks #2,074 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
12
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:
IRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
258
180
145
109
88
79
78
62
62
55
54
44
41
41
38
36
31
25
24
21
21
21
17
16
16
16
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRITH:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
11% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
SLANE 6.20 bits
10.9% →
SERAL 5.18 bits
7.6% →
SALET 5.65 bits
6.1% →
AISLE 4.92 bits
4.6% →
CANOE 4.92 bits
3.7% →
SCALE 5.25 bits
3.4% →
SATEM 4.67 bits
3.3% →
SLANE 5.10 bits
2.6% →
SANED 4.24 bits
2.6% →
ALONE 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1I1T1H4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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