5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

GLUON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈɡluː.ɒn//ˈɡlu.ɑn/

Noun

A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force.

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 GLUON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts GLUON 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,510 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___N G in the 1st position and N in the 5th position G__O_ G in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALLE TIARE SIRED SPACE LOYAL
Words starting with G Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How GLUON 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,510 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, GLUON ranks #2,510 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
981
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
15
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:
LNOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

598
227
222
143
111
83
69
59
54
52
42
40
38
38
33
31
27
24
24
23
19
19
18
17
16
14
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing GLUON:

25% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SALLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
TARSE 6.42 bits
9.6% →
TARSE 5.41 bits
9.4% →
SALLE 5.57 bits
6.1% →
TIARE 5.27 bits
4.7% →
SIRED 4.92 bits
3.5% →
SPACE 5.00 bits
2.9% →
LOYAL 4.37 bits
2.5% →
PATER 4.56 bits
2.3% →
CRISE 4.76 bits
2.2% →
TARSE 4.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

G2L1U1O1N1
Total: 6 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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