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GLAZE

Yes, GLAZE was the Wordle answer on November 9, 2023 (Wordle #873).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡleɪz/

Noun

The vitreous coating of pottery or porcelain; anything used as a coating or color in glazing.

Noun

A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

Verb

To install windows.

Verb

To apply a thin, transparent layer of coating.

“to glaze a doughnut”

Alternative forms: glase

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 9, 2023 (#873).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GLAZE performs as a guess

GLAZE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,906 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__Z_ G in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT DETER SATYR CRISE SILLY CHART
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLAZE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,906 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLAZE ranks #9,906 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
717
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
18
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
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
36%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
B A D G E
G L A Z E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GLAZE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

436
297
220
167
113
111
93
89
81
58
55
49
43
34
29
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
19
17
17
16
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLAZE:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
13% chance
Suggested:
DETER
9% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
COURT 6.00 bits
12.6% →
DETER 5.38 bits
9.3% →
SATYR 4.95 bits
7.1% →
CRISE 4.60 bits
4.8% →
SILLY 4.97 bits
4.7% →
CHART 4.66 bits
3.9% →
SETER 4.36 bits
3.8% →
SONAR 4.26 bits
3.4% →
LEVEL 3.99 bits
2.5% →
TONER 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1A1Z10E1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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