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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

GROSS

Yes, GROSS was the Wordle answer on October 17, 2025 (Wordle #1581).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹəʊs//ɡɹoʊs//ɡɹɔs/

Adjective

remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

“a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult”

Adjective

Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

“gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight”

Noun

Twelve dozen = 144.

“We need to order three gross of torx screws for next week.”

Noun

The total amount (of goods, money, etc) before taxes, expenses, exceptions, tares, or similar deductions are subtracted.

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: October 17, 2025 (#1581).

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

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How GROSS performs as a guess

GROSS 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,033 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE TERRA PLATE TONAL CADIE CORER
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GROSS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,033 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GROSS ranks #10,033 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
776
4 guesses
1,258
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
A L B U M
G R O S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GROSS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

605
268
236
191
136
115
90
80
73
49
49
45
34
31
27
23
20
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17
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GROSS:

26% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
11% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
10% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
LIANE 6.08 bits
11.4% →
TERRA 5.22 bits
10.0% →
PLATE 5.64 bits
8.1% →
TONAL 5.06 bits
5.8% →
CADIE 5.12 bits
4.9% →
CORER 4.42 bits
3.8% →
LIANE 5.35 bits
3.4% →
PARTE 4.57 bits
3.1% →
CLADE 4.51 bits
2.1% →
THALE 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1O1S1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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