5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLAUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.

Verb

To look sullen or sad; scowl, frown.

Alternative forms: glawm, gloom, glom

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 GLAUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLAUM 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 75.4% of games, misses completely in 24.6%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,790 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___M G in the 1st position and M in the 5th position G__U_ G in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _L__M L in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARTE SNORE HELLO STIRE TALER
Words starting with G Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLAUM 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,790 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLAUM ranks #5,790 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
216
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

580
274
162
157
156
116
78
63
62
45
40
40
37
37
32
32
28
27
27
24
22
18
17
16
13
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLAUM:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
7% chance
Suggested:
SNORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.6% →
TRONE 6.14 bits
11.6% →
CARTE 5.37 bits
6.9% →
SNORE 5.07 bits
6.7% →
HELLO 4.88 bits
6.6% →
STIRE 5.14 bits
4.9% →
TALER 4.61 bits
3.3% →
TORSE 5.26 bits
2.7% →
TRONE 4.85 bits
2.6% →
SINCE 4.69 bits
1.9% →
CARNE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1A1U1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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