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GLINT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% 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).

See the full page for that puzzle: 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 2,374 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #740 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in GLINT.

First-turn measures

All four describe GLINT used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.87 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.08 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous 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
99.92% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#740 Rank among openers
Opening with GLINT left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.59 average. It 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 (3.46 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

GLINT can come back 109 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

502 answers
213 answers
204 answers
142 answers
102 answers
91 answers
89 answers
76 answers
56 answers
56 answers
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41 answers
35 answers
24 answers
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15 answers
15 answers

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.

Try next

SOARE TARTE SIDER SCARE SPACE CRAPE

Strategy after playing GLINT

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to GLINT.

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.

21.1% →
SOARE 6.18 bits
9.0% →
TARTE 5.75 bits
8.6% →
SOARE 5.29 bits
6.0% →
SOARE 5.32 bits
4.3% →
SIDER 4.92 bits
3.8% →
SCARE 5.40 bits
3.7% →
SPACE 4.91 bits
3.2% →
CRAPE 5.00 bits
2.4% →
CANER 4.59 bits
2.4% →
LIBEL 4.15 bits

Research on GLINT

Game-tree analysis and word research for GLINT, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with GLINT, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.64 guesses and ranks #1,409 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.75 guesses at best and is rank #391 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.59, at or below the proven-optimal 3.64, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

One syllable Say it GLIHNT.

Rhymes with PRINT FLINT STINT CLINT QUINT

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, GLINT is a kind of flash or brightness.

Synonyms SHINE SPARK glance peek glitter flicker

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
GLINT sits in the advanced band of the wordfreq scale, appearing less than once per million words of written English; the band marks it as an uncommon word many players still recognize.
Learner level
Appears in intermediate learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level B1); a word learners usually reach after the basics.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS.