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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

GLINT

Yes, GLINT was the Wordle answer on December 23, 2025 (Wordle #1648).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡlɪnt/

Noun

A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.

“I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.”

Verb

To flash or gleam briefly.

“A wedding ring glinted on her finger.”

Verb

To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.

Noun

A brief look; a glance.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 23, 2025 (#1648).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How GLINT performs as a guess

GLINT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #740 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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.

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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__N_ G in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE TARTE SIDER SCARE SPACE CRAPE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLINT 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#740 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLINT ranks #740 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
1,018
4 guesses
1,091
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
14
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:
ILNT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
33%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
F L I N T
G L I N T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GLINT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

501
212
204
140
100
91
88
76
56
56
51
51
49
44
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35
24
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLINT:

21% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SOARE 6.17 bits
9.0% →
TARTE 5.74 bits
8.7% →
SOARE 5.29 bits
5.9% →
SOARE 5.33 bits
4.2% →
SIDER 4.91 bits
3.9% →
SCARE 5.40 bits
3.7% →
SPACE 4.92 bits
3.2% →
CRAPE 5.00 bits
2.4% →
CANER 4.59 bits
2.4% →
LIBEL 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1I1N1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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