5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BALLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbæli/

Noun

A balaclava.

Adjective

Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).

“He's just a bally idiot.”

Adverb

Very.

“That was a bally foolish thing to do, old chap!”

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 BALLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BALLY 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 67.2% of games, misses completely in 32.8%, and leaves about 341 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,863 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE STARE SIRED CRISE TONER CRANE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
341 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BALLY 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,863 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BALLY ranks #10,863 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
755
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
24
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
37%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

774
316
164
157
142
130
57
55
33
32
32
31
27
26
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25
23
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BALLY:

33% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SIRED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.8% →
TRONE 6.22 bits
13.4% →
STARE 5.56 bits
7.0% →
SIRED 4.61 bits
6.7% →
CRISE 5.00 bits
6.0% →
TONER 4.88 bits
5.5% →
CRANE 4.62 bits
2.4% →
TRINE 3.45 bits
2.3% →
RONTE 5.03 bits
1.4% →
CRUET 4.72 bits
1.4% →
SUITE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1L1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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