5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

GLUES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ɡluːz/

Noun

plural of glue

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 GLUES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLUES 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,446 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S G in the 1st position and S in the 5th position G__E_ G in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TRACE ROAST TONER LOCAL STAIR
Words starting with G Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLUES 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,446 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLUES ranks #4,446 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
913
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
211
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:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
32%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

392
269
180
150
131
128
88
87
57
57
50
45
42
41
36
35
32
30
30
28
24
23
18
18
17
16
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLUES:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
TRAIN 6.02 bits
11.4% →
TRACE 5.62 bits
7.6% →
ROAST 5.30 bits
6.4% →
TONER 4.35 bits
5.6% →
LOCAL 5.02 bits
5.4% →
STAIR 4.81 bits
3.7% →
BURNT 4.42 bits
3.7% →
DEALT 4.44 bits
2.4% →
FLANK 4.15 bits
2.4% →
ROANY 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1U1E1S1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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