5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLEET

GLEET 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

Pronunciation: /ɡliːt/

Noun

A urethral discharge, especially as a symptom of gonorrhea.

Verb

To ooze, as gleet (noun sense); to flow in a thin, limpid humour.

Verb

Of water: to flow slowly.

Noun

Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.

Alternative forms: glit

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 GLEET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLEET 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,576 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN SOARE SITAR LOYAL SONAR ARISE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLEET 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,576 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLEET ranks #6,576 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
18
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:
ELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
37%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
230
185
182
122
107
93
84
72
61
41
38
36
34
33
27
26
25
23
19
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLEET:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
10% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SITAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
CAIRN 5.95 bits
9.8% →
SOARE 5.24 bits
7.8% →
SITAR 4.92 bits
7.7% →
LOYAL 4.98 bits
5.2% →
SONAR 4.56 bits
4.5% →
ARISE 4.88 bits
3.9% →
TARTE 4.69 bits
3.6% →
FLASK 4.06 bits
3.1% →
REALM 4.28 bits
2.6% →
ROANY 4.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1E1E1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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