5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

GRUNT

GRUNT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌnt//ɡɹʊnt/

Noun

A short snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.

Noun

The snorting cry of a pig.

Verb

To make a grunt or grunts.

Verb

To break wind; to fart.

“Who just grunted?”

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

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 GRUNT performs as a guess

GRUNT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,235 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__N_ G in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SCALE SOLED TASTE CANOE CADIE SALEP
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GRUNT 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,235 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GRUNT ranks #1,235 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
964
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
143
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NRTU

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
B R U N T
G R U N T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GRUNT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
272
188
164
116
93
77
73
55
52
49
46
37
31
29
29
28
25
23
22
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GRUNT:

20% chance
Suggested:
SCALE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOLED
8% chance
Suggested:
TASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
SCALE 6.20 bits
11.5% →
SOLED 5.09 bits
8.0% →
TASTE 5.44 bits
7.0% →
CANOE 5.33 bits
4.9% →
CADIE 5.06 bits
3.9% →
SALEP 5.22 bits
3.3% →
SLIME 4.51 bits
3.1% →
TASER 4.59 bits
2.3% →
SERRY 4.47 bits
2.2% →
CLOSE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2R1U1N1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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