5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLEEK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡliːk/

Noun

A once-popular game of cards played by three people.

Noun

Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

Verb

To discharge a long, thin stream of liquid (including saliva) through the teeth or from under the tongue, sometimes by pressing the tongue against the salivary glands.

Verb

To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.

Alternative forms: gleak

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 GLEEK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLEEK 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 70.9% of games, misses completely in 29.1%, and leaves about 291 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,702 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___K G in the 1st position and K in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TIARE LOYAL SONAR THALE ROANY
Words starting with G Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
291 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.84 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLEEK 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,702 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLEEK ranks #10,702 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
741
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
276
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
33%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

685
324
213
149
94
85
78
67
54
46
45
41
32
29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLEEK:

29% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
9% chance
Suggested:
LOYAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.1% →
ROAST 6.01 bits
13.7% →
TIARE 5.40 bits
9.0% →
LOYAL 4.96 bits
6.3% →
SONAR 4.60 bits
4.0% →
THALE 4.49 bits
3.6% →
ROANY 4.97 bits
3.3% →
COAST 4.38 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.67 bits
2.3% →
SHART 5.02 bits
2.0% →
ROAST 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1E1E1K5
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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