5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

GLORY

Yes, GLORY was the Wordle answer on September 23, 2022 (Wordle #461).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɔːɹi//ˈɡloːɹɪj//ˈɡloɹi/

Noun

Great beauty and splendor.

Noun

Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.

Verb

To exult with joy; to rejoice.

Verb

To boast; to be proud.

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: September 23, 2022 (#461).

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

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How GLORY performs as a guess

GLORY 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 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,997 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__R_ G in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

STANE SAICE SALLE SAINT SPACE SORER
Words starting with G Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLORY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,997 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLORY ranks #2,997 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
958
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
16
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:
LOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
G L O R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GLORY in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

421
318
193
137
133
107
100
74
65
58
48
47
46
42
31
31
29
28
26
23
23
21
16
15
14
14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLORY:

18% chance
Suggested:
STANE
13% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
STANE 6.26 bits
13.5% →
SAICE 5.57 bits
8.2% →
SALLE 5.47 bits
5.8% →
SAINT 5.19 bits
5.6% →
SAINT 4.91 bits
4.5% →
SPACE 5.15 bits
4.2% →
SORER 4.44 bits
3.1% →
SPATE 4.60 bits
2.8% →
SAINE 5.03 bits
2.5% →
SHITE 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1O1R1Y4
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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