5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLIFT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of gliff.

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 GLIFT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLIFT 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,748 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__F_ G in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE SALLE SANED SACRE CRANE SPACE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLIFT 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,748 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLIFT ranks #3,748 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
31%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

637
229
225
145
109
95
81
68
60
56
51
47
40
25
23
22
22
22
21
20
19
17
17
15
15
13
13
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLIFT:

27% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
SOARE 6.22 bits
9.7% →
SOARE 5.68 bits
9.5% →
SALLE 5.39 bits
6.1% →
SANED 5.26 bits
4.6% →
SACRE 5.30 bits
4.0% →
CRANE 5.00 bits
3.4% →
SPACE 5.06 bits
2.9% →
ARGUE 5.02 bits
2.5% →
TITAN 4.31 bits
2.4% →
DEARY 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1I1F4T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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