5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GROUF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 GROUF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GROUF 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 72.8% of games, misses completely in 27.2%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,586 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___F G in the 1st position and F in the 5th position G__U_ G in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _R__F R in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET LEANT SLANT CADET CORER
Words starting with G Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GROUF 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,586 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GROUF ranks #6,586 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
8
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:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
26%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

641
259
187
168
118
109
108
79
60
53
39
35
28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GROUF:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.2% →
SLATE 6.36 bits
11.0% →
SALET 5.30 bits
7.9% →
LEANT 5.08 bits
7.1% →
SLANT 5.06 bits
5.0% →
CADET 4.89 bits
4.6% →
SLATE 4.60 bits
4.6% →
CORER 4.27 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 5.19 bits
2.5% →
LEANT 5.00 bits
2.2% →
SLADE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1O1U1F4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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