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

GLOVE

Yes, GLOVE was the Wordle answer on March 20, 2023 (Wordle #639).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡlʌv//ɡlʊv//ɡləv/

Noun

An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

“I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.”

Noun

A baseball mitt.

Verb

To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

“He gloved the line drive for the third out.”

Verb

To put a glove or gloves on.

“Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.”

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: March 20, 2023 (#639).

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

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How GLOVE performs as a guess

GLOVE 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,505 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___E G in the 1st position and E in the 5th position G__V_ G in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR NORTH SAURY SNORT SERAL
Words starting with G Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLOVE 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,505 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLOVE ranks #7,505 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
805
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
11
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
35%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
G L O B E
G L O V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches GLOVE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

462
322
187
170
140
104
104
73
58
53
50
44
37
34
31
29
27
27
23
22
21
18
18
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15
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14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLOVE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
NORTH

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
SAINT 6.07 bits
13.7% →
STAIR 5.36 bits
7.9% →
NORTH 4.96 bits
7.2% →
STAIR 5.18 bits
5.9% →
SAURY 4.90 bits
4.4% →
SNORT 4.40 bits
4.4% →
SERAL 4.44 bits
3.1% →
SAINT 4.38 bits
2.5% →
TOWER 4.13 bits
2.2% →
SALTY 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1O1V4E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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