5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLOBY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊbi/

Adjective

Resembling a globe; round.

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 GLOBY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLOBY 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 69.9% of games, misses completely in 30.1%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,608 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.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

G___Y G in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position G__B_ G in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TONER SATER SAINT STARE SPACE
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLOBY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,608 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLOBY ranks #7,608 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
249
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
35%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

709
217
216
172
126
97
83
79
55
52
46
36
29
28
27
27
25
20
17
16
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14
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12
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLOBY:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER
9% chance
Suggested:
SATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.1% →
TARSE 6.34 bits
9.2% →
TONER 5.38 bits
9.2% →
SATER 5.36 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 4.91 bits
5.3% →
STARE 4.84 bits
4.1% →
SPACE 5.20 bits
3.5% →
BRAES 5.33 bits
3.4% →
RAINE 5.12 bits
2.3% →
CATER 4.34 bits
2.2% →
SALLE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1O1B3Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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