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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

GLOSS

Yes, GLOSS was the Wordle answer on April 26, 2026 (Wordle #1772).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡlɒs//ɡlɔs//ɡlɑs/

Noun

A surface shine or luster.

Noun

A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.

Verb

To give a gloss or sheen to.

Verb

To make (something) attractive by deception

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: April 26, 2026 (#1772).

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

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How GLOSS performs as a guess

GLOSS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.6% of games, misses completely in 28.4%, and leaves about 285 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,891 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__S_ G in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TONER RAILE PARTE CRAPE TRADE
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
285 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLOSS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,891 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLOSS ranks #9,891 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
27%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
F L O S S
G L O S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GLOSS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

670
241
240
239
99
93
89
69
63
59
56
49
34
28
24
23
20
19
17
13
12
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11
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9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLOSS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.4% →
TIARE 6.26 bits
10.2% →
TONER 5.38 bits
10.2% →
RAILE 5.31 bits
10.1% →
PARTE 5.61 bits
4.2% →
CRAPE 4.89 bits
3.9% →
TRADE 4.67 bits
3.8% →
RAINE 5.30 bits
2.9% →
LOYAL 4.18 bits
2.7% →
REACT 5.14 bits
2.5% →
SALLE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1O1S1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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