5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLEBA

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.

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 GLEBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLEBA 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,565 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___A G in the 1st position and A in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _L__A L in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SIREE SATYR TARSE SILLY SORAL
Words starting with G Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLEBA 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,565 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLEBA ranks #7,565 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
16
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)
83%
Green tile
22%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

392
349
267
149
103
97
80
72
63
51
46
39
35
35
34
33
28
26
26
26
23
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17
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLEBA:

17% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
11% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
HOIST 5.94 bits
14.8% →
SIREE 5.29 bits
11.3% →
SATYR 5.07 bits
6.3% →
TARSE 4.89 bits
4.4% →
SILLY 5.02 bits
4.1% →
SORAL 4.29 bits
3.4% →
SETER 4.79 bits
3.1% →
SIREE 4.31 bits
2.7% →
PARTE 3.94 bits
2.2% →
TONER 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1E1B3A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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