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GLEAM

Yes, GLEAM was the Wordle answer on April 27, 2024 (Wordle #1043).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡliːm//ɡlim/

Noun

An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.

Noun

An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.

“The rescue workers preserved a gleam of optimism that the trapped miners might still survive.”

Verb

Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.

Verb

To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.

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: April 27, 2024 (#1043).

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

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How GLEAM performs as a guess

GLEAM 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,314 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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.

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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__A_ G in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__M L in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT SIREE TRAIN STARE SILLY SETER
Words starting with G Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLEAM 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,314 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLEAM ranks #5,314 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
13
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)
85%
Green tile
25%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
B E E C H
G L E A M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GLEAM in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

364
338
252
147
102
80
77
69
63
55
50
48
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLEAM:

15% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
14% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
SNORT 5.96 bits
14.3% →
SIREE 5.32 bits
10.7% →
TRAIN 5.28 bits
6.2% →
STARE 4.93 bits
4.3% →
SILLY 4.87 bits
3.4% →
SETER 4.78 bits
3.3% →
BOREE 4.24 bits
2.9% →
MOUTH 4.89 bits
2.7% →
STALL 4.22 bits
2.3% →
ROUGH 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1E1A1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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