5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

GROPE

GROPE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹəʊp//ɡɹoʊp/

Verb

To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

Verb

To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

“The parents found the couple kissing and groping.”

Noun

An act of groping, especially sexually.

“The old man tried to get a quick grope of the young lady on the train.”

Noun

An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.

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

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 GROPE performs as a guess

GROPE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,755 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__P_ G in the 1st position and P in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT DEALT SALET SAULT SLANT CARAT
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GROPE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,755 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GROPE ranks #1,755 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
970
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R O N G
G R O P E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GROPE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
208
166
154
145
111
81
76
72
70
48
47
43
34
34
34
32
32
29
28
28
27
26
23
22
22
18
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GROPE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
7% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
SAINT 6.02 bits
8.8% →
DEALT 5.37 bits
7.0% →
SALET 4.44 bits
6.5% →
SAULT 5.38 bits
6.1% →
SLANT 4.87 bits
4.7% →
CARAT 4.81 bits
3.4% →
TARRE 4.10 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.56 bits
3.0% →
SAINT 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1O1P3E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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