5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GRUBS

GRUBS 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

Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌbz/

Noun

plural of grub

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of grub

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 GRUBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GRUBS 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,650 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE PLATE CADET CADIE STOAE CLINE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRUBS 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
0.70 Volatility
#5,650 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRUBS ranks #5,650 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
22%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

587
314
297
135
104
98
88
85
57
49
38
34
33
33
31
29
26
20
17
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11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRUBS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
TOILE 6.00 bits
13.3% →
PLATE 5.76 bits
12.6% →
CADET 5.17 bits
5.7% →
CADIE 5.08 bits
4.4% →
STOAE 4.98 bits
4.2% →
CLINE 4.84 bits
3.7% →
ALINE 5.22 bits
3.6% →
ALONE 5.28 bits
2.4% →
CLOTE 4.66 bits
2.1% →
RULER 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1U1B3S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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