5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLOUT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡluːt//ɡlaʊt/

Noun

A sulky look.

Noun

A stare.

Verb

To sulk; to be sulky; to pout.

Verb

To stare; to stare gloatingly.

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 GLOUT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLOUT 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,500 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___T G in the 1st position and T in the 5th position G__U_ G in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE RAILE TARTE CANER CURSE CRANE
Words starting with G Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLOUT 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,500 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLOUT ranks #2,500 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,109
5 guesses
190
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
2 vowels
Common:
LOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
32%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
198
196
170
122
108
86
80
61
57
49
41
38
35
35
29
27
27
26
26
25
24
20
20
17
15
15
15
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLOUT:

21% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
RAISE 6.03 bits
8.4% →
RAILE 5.27 bits
8.3% →
TARTE 5.66 bits
7.2% →
CANER 5.41 bits
5.2% →
CURSE 4.93 bits
4.6% →
CRANE 4.86 bits
3.6% →
SCARE 5.17 bits
3.4% →
SPICE 4.94 bits
2.6% →
LOYAL 4.21 bits
2.4% →
RAINE 5.04 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1O1U1T1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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