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GROIN

Yes, GROIN was the Wordle answer on November 8, 2021 (Wordle #142).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n//ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n/

Noun

The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

Noun

The area adjoining this fold or depression.

“He pulled a muscle in his groin.”

Verb

To deliver a blow to the genitals of.

“In the scrum he somehow got groined.”

Verb

To build or furnish with a groin or groins.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 8, 2021 (#142).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GROIN performs as a guess

GROIN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #623 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___N G in the 1st position and N in the 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE LEAST STILE LEANT SALET COATE
Words starting with G Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GROIN 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#623 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GROIN ranks #623 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
1,022
4 guesses
1,079
5 guesses
168
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:
INOR

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
G R O I N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GROIN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
238
168
125
124
106
98
85
61
59
59
44
37
37
34
26
26
23
23
22
21
19
19
18
18
17
17
16
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GROIN:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
7% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
SLATE 6.51 bits
10.1% →
LEAST 5.38 bits
7.1% →
STILE 5.47 bits
5.3% →
LEANT 5.11 bits
5.3% →
SALET 4.97 bits
4.5% →
COATE 4.43 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 4.75 bits
3.6% →
CASTE 5.19 bits
2.6% →
CADET 4.79 bits
2.5% →
SHITE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1O1I1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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