5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GRIZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of grise.

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 GRIZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRIZE 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,519 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__Z_ G in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLANT SOLAR COAST SATIN TONAL
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRIZE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,519 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRIZE ranks #8,519 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
21
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
36%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

470
254
185
184
171
170
88
86
47
43
42
41
41
40
35
32
32
26
26
25
23
19
17
16
15
14
14
13
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRIZE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
SAULT 5.94 bits
10.8% →
SLANT 5.50 bits
7.8% →
SOLAR 4.23 bits
7.8% →
COAST 5.31 bits
7.3% →
SATIN 5.02 bits
7.2% →
SAULT 5.44 bits
3.7% →
COAST 4.55 bits
3.6% →
SLANT 5.00 bits
2.0% →
COAST 4.32 bits
1.8% →
SLANT 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1I1Z10E1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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