5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GLUER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

One who glues.

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 GLUER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLUER 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,008 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___R G in the 1st position and R in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SATIN SAINT COAST ORATE SALLY STALE
Words starting with G Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLUER 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,008 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLUER ranks #3,008 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
17
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:
ELRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
33%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

332
232
219
158
138
98
94
88
70
68
50
49
41
39
34
31
30
30
30
30
26
22
17
17
17
14
14
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLUER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SATIN
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
SATIN 5.95 bits
9.8% →
SAINT 5.53 bits
9.3% →
COAST 5.60 bits
6.7% →
ORATE 4.66 bits
5.9% →
SALLY 5.18 bits
4.2% →
STALE 4.70 bits
4.0% →
COAST 3.52 bits
3.7% →
MUSTY 4.42 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.54 bits
2.9% →
SAINT 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1U1E1R1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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