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GRUFF

Yes, GRUFF was the Wordle answer on November 29, 2025 (Wordle #1624).

As an opener, it rules out about 79.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌf//ɡɹɐf//ɡɹʊf/

Adjective

having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.

Adjective

hoarse-voiced.

“a gruff woman”

Verb

To speak gruffly.

Noun

Alternative spelling of grough (“gully in a moor”).

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: November 29, 2025 (#1624).

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

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How GRUFF performs as a guess

GRUFF 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 60.3% of games, misses completely in 39.7%, and leaves about 475 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,129 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__F_ G in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _R__F R in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SATED COATE SMITE LEANT SHALT
Words starting with G Words ending with F

First-turn measures

3.34 Entropy (bits)
475 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
79.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRUFF 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,129 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRUFF ranks #13,129 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
675
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
353
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
1 vowels
Common:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
22%
All gray
40%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
F U R R Y
G R U F F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GRUFF in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

937
395
169
149
105
93
71
59
41
38
31
26
23
20
19
19
15
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRUFF:

40% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
17% chance
Suggested:
SATED
7% chance
Suggested:
COATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.7% →
SLATE 6.24 bits
16.8% →
SATED 5.31 bits
7.2% →
COATE 5.11 bits
6.3% →
SMITE 4.77 bits
4.5% →
LEANT 5.27 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 4.91 bits
3.0% →
SURER 4.62 bits
2.5% →
LIANE 4.99 bits
1.7% →
ALONE 4.83 bits
1.6% →
FAIRE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1U1F4F4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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