5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

GROUT

Yes, GROUT was the Wordle answer on March 24, 2023 (Wordle #643).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹaʊt//ɡɹʌut//ɡɹæɔt/

Noun

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

Verb

To insert mortar between tiles.

“I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.”

Verb

To affix with mortar.

Noun

Coarse meal; groats.

Alternative forms: grewt, groute, grut

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: March 24, 2023 (#643).

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

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How GROUT performs as a guess

GROUT 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,402 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__U_ G in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE PEASY TASTE COLEY SLICE CADIE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GROUT 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,402 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GROUT ranks #2,402 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
958
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
14
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:
ORTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S N O U T
G R O U T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GROUT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

465
216
160
137
128
96
89
89
86
60
54
45
38
37
37
25
24
24
23
23
23
22
21
21
20
19
19
18
17
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GROUT:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
PEASY
7% chance
Suggested:
TASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
SLANE 6.21 bits
9.2% →
PEASY 5.05 bits
6.8% →
TASTE 5.47 bits
5.8% →
COLEY 5.04 bits
5.4% →
SLICE 4.95 bits
4.1% →
CADIE 4.80 bits
3.8% →
SLANE 4.68 bits
3.8% →
SORER 4.13 bits
3.6% →
SCALE 5.22 bits
2.5% →
ALINE 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1O1U1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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