5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLADY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having glades.

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 GLADY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLADY 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 228 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,944 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__D_ G in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE CATER CRISE SETER SIREN DINER
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
228 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLADY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,944 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLADY ranks #4,944 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
10
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:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
38%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

612
236
144
135
125
110
108
80
67
54
44
43
39
37
37
33
26
23
22
19
17
17
15
15
14
14
13
13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLADY:

26% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
CATER
6% chance
Suggested:
CRISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
TORSE 6.33 bits
10.0% →
CATER 5.59 bits
6.1% →
CRISE 5.16 bits
5.7% →
SETER 4.78 bits
5.3% →
SIREN 4.69 bits
4.7% →
DINER 5.27 bits
4.6% →
TARSE 4.59 bits
3.4% →
SOUCE 4.78 bits
2.8% →
NOIRE 4.94 bits
2.3% →
TARSE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1A1D2Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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