5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BALKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Refusing to proceed or cooperate.

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 BALKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BALKY 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 69.9% of games, misses completely in 30.1%, and leaves about 295 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,491 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

B___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE STIRE SLIER TIARE SIDER TRICE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
295 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BALKY 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,491 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BALKY ranks #9,491 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
794
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
266
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
34%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

710
273
187
149
144
134
57
54
50
34
34
33
33
31
30
28
24
23
21
20
19
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14
12
12
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BALKY:

30% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.1% →
TRONE 6.22 bits
11.6% →
STIRE 5.58 bits
7.9% →
SLIER 5.09 bits
6.3% →
TIARE 4.64 bits
6.1% →
SIDER 4.61 bits
5.7% →
TRICE 4.88 bits
2.4% →
CRINE 4.81 bits
2.3% →
TRINE 3.50 bits
2.1% →
RONTE 5.04 bits
1.4% →
SINCE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1L1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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