5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLEES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡliːz/

Noun

plural of glee

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 GLEES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLEES 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,495 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN STAIR TIARE LOYAL ROANY REACT
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLEES 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,495 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLEES ranks #8,495 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
10
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:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
31%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

521
240
237
172
132
106
79
77
72
53
42
38
38
38
28
25
23
23
23
21
20
18
18
17
14
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLEES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
TRAIN 6.00 bits
10.2% →
STAIR 5.23 bits
10.1% →
TIARE 5.38 bits
7.3% →
LOYAL 4.93 bits
5.6% →
ROANY 4.21 bits
4.5% →
STAIR 4.60 bits
3.4% →
REACT 4.42 bits
3.3% →
COAST 3.94 bits
3.1% →
ROANY 5.02 bits
2.2% →
STALL 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1E1E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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