5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GRRLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

Open Solver with GRRLS Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of grrl

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 GRRLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRRLS 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 78.3% of games, misses completely in 21.7%, and leaves about 227 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,889 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__L_ G in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CONTE STANE COATE CADET DAINE ATONE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
227 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRRLS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#8,889 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRRLS ranks #8,889 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
16
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
0 vowels
Common:
LRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
29%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

512
294
262
213
158
95
92
81
75
69
57
38
36
32
29
29
23
20
18
17
16
16
15
12
11
11
11
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRRLS:

22% chance
Suggested:
CONTE
12% chance
Suggested:
STANE
11% chance
Suggested:
COATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.7% →
CONTE 6.00 bits
12.5% →
STANE 5.56 bits
11.1% →
COATE 5.42 bits
9.0% →
CADET 5.14 bits
6.7% →
COATE 5.17 bits
4.0% →
DAINE 4.66 bits
3.9% →
ATONE 5.02 bits
3.4% →
STOAE 4.74 bits
3.2% →
PAISE 4.78 bits
2.9% →
COATE 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1R1L1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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