Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLOBI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of globus

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 GLOBI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLOBI 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,392 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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.

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLOBI 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,392 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLOBI ranks #7,392 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
240
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:
ILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
22%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

592
302
203
185
131
91
73
66
66
56
46
45
44
32
30
28
27
26
25
22
17
17
16
14
11
10
10
9
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLOBI:

25% chance
Suggested:
REAST
13% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
CATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1%
REAST 6.35 bits
12.8%
TRINE 5.50 bits
8.6%
CATER 5.46 bits
7.8%
SATER 5.30 bits
5.6%
PRATE 4.73 bits
3.9%
TIARE 4.42 bits
3.1%
SPACE 5.00 bits
2.8%
REAST 5.25 bits
2.8%
LOYAL 4.23 bits
2.4%
POINT 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1O1B3I1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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