5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GROTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of grot

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 GROTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GROTS 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 143 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #811 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__T_ G in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE LEANY SPALE NAICE CADIE CARER
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
143 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GROTS 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
0.67 Volatility
#811 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GROTS ranks #811 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
1,020
4 guesses
1,103
5 guesses
161
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ORST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
203
196
149
131
93
85
81
72
70
57
55
54
49
36
35
35
30
29
29
24
23
22
20
20
19
17
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GROTS:

17% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANY
8% chance
Suggested:
SPALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
LIANE 6.13 bits
8.6% →
LEANY 5.08 bits
8.3% →
SPALE 5.56 bits
6.3% →
NAICE 5.30 bits
5.6% →
LEANY 4.83 bits
3.9% →
CADIE 5.01 bits
3.6% →
CARER 4.49 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.89 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 5.26 bits
3.0% →
SHAPE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1O1T1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 7 points

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