5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GLANS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡlænz/

Noun

A structure at the extremity of the penis and of the clitoris in humans and other mammals.

Noun

The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.

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 GLANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLANS 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #591 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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__N_ G in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRODE ROUET CARTE LIBEL DINER TRUCE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLANS 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#591 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLANS ranks #591 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
140
6 guesses
12
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:
ALNS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

433
213
207
150
131
99
85
66
66
57
54
53
51
44
43
30
28
25
24
23
22
22
22
21
19
18
17
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLANS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
9% chance
Suggested:
CARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
TRODE 6.07 bits
9.0% →
ROUET 5.58 bits
8.8% →
CARTE 5.41 bits
6.4% →
LIBEL 4.98 bits
5.6% →
DINER 5.05 bits
4.2% →
CARTE 4.58 bits
3.6% →
TRUCE 5.23 bits
2.8% →
PARTE 4.76 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 4.22 bits
2.4% →
COURE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1A1N1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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