5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLAIK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A fool or eccentric person.

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 GLAIK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLAIK 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,652 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___K G in the 1st position and K in the 5th position G__I_ G in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE CARTE TRINE STORE SOLER TARSE
Words starting with G Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLAIK 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,652 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLAIK ranks #6,652 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
31%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

542
262
226
136
127
122
62
60
57
47
47
40
36
36
35
33
28
25
24
24
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23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLAIK:

23% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TORSE 6.29 bits
11.1% →
CARTE 5.46 bits
9.6% →
TRINE 5.31 bits
5.8% →
STORE 5.12 bits
5.4% →
SOLER 4.74 bits
5.2% →
TARSE 4.62 bits
2.6% →
CRUET 4.73 bits
2.5% →
STURE 4.58 bits
2.4% →
TRIDE 4.12 bits
2.0% →
ROGUE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1A1I1K5
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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