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

GROWL

Yes, GROWL was the Wordle answer on October 24, 2021 (Wordle #127).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊ̯l//ˈɡɹæʊ̯l//ˈɡɹaːl/

Noun

A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.

Noun

A similar sound made by a human.

Verb

To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.

“The dog growled at me as I walked past.”

Verb

Of a wind instrument: to produce a low-pitched rumbling sound.

Alternative forms: groil, groul

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 24, 2021 (#127).

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

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How GROWL performs as a guess

GROWL 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,639 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___L G in the 1st position and L in the 5th position G__W_ G in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

CASTE SATED SAICE CONTE CADIE TARRE
Words starting with G Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GROWL 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,639 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GROWL ranks #5,639 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
202
6 guesses
5
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
28%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GROWL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
273
268
159
137
101
77
75
73
54
52
45
39
33
26
26
26
24
23
23
23
16
16
15
12
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GROWL:

22% chance
Suggested:
CASTE
12% chance
Suggested:
SATED
11% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
CASTE 6.15 bits
11.6% →
SATED 5.31 bits
11.4% →
SAICE 5.50 bits
6.7% →
CONTE 5.25 bits
5.8% →
CADIE 5.10 bits
4.3% →
TARRE 4.67 bits
3.3% →
SPITE 4.64 bits
3.2% →
SAINE 4.63 bits
3.1% →
SAINE 5.00 bits
2.3% →
THANE 5.12 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1O1W4L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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