5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

GLAZY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪzi/

Adjective

Having the appearance of a glaze; glazed.

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 GLAZY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLAZY 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 69.1% of games, misses completely in 30.9%, and leaves about 310 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,108 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__Z_ G in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE CATER STIRE SIREE SIRED TARSE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
310 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLAZY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,108 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLAZY ranks #11,108 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
22
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)
69%
Green tile
37%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

729
276
168
158
154
118
95
84
68
51
40
40
40
35
28
20
17
17
16
14
12
12
11
10
10
9
9
8
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLAZY:

31% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
12% chance
Suggested:
CATER
7% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.9% →
TOISE 6.17 bits
11.7% →
CATER 5.51 bits
7.1% →
STIRE 5.10 bits
6.7% →
SIREE 4.88 bits
6.5% →
SIRED 4.67 bits
5.0% →
TARSE 4.57 bits
4.0% →
SOUCE 4.77 bits
3.6% →
NOIRE 5.00 bits
2.9% →
TARSE 4.11 bits
2.2% →
ROULE 3.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1A1Z10Y4
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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