5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLOAM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

Open Solver with GLOAM Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To begin to grow dark; to grow dusky.

Verb

To be sullen or morose.

Noun

Clipping of gloaming (“twilight”).

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 GLOAM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLOAM 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,053 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___M G in the 1st position and M in the 5th position G__A_ G in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__M L in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN TARSE RONTE SILER STURE SALLE
Words starting with G Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLOAM 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,053 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLOAM ranks #5,053 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,177
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
335
176
137
131
99
69
64
59
55
54
50
46
45
42
36
27
27
26
25
25
16
16
15
13
12
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLOAM:

20% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
14% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SIREN 6.02 bits
14.2% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
7.5% →
RONTE 5.37 bits
5.8% →
SILER 4.89 bits
5.6% →
STURE 4.66 bits
4.2% →
SALLE 4.86 bits
2.9% →
SEITY 4.90 bits
2.7% →
SHIRE 4.74 bits
2.5% →
FRISE 4.70 bits
2.3% →
SETER 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1O1A1M3
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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