5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BALMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of balm

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 BALMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BALMS 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,680 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__M_ B in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE RONTE TRACE GOIER STURE MINOR
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BALMS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,680 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BALMS ranks #3,680 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
260
196
173
129
121
101
77
57
53
40
36
33
33
31
27
26
24
24
22
20
20
17
16
14
14
13
13
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BALMS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TRONE 6.14 bits
11.0% →
RONTE 5.51 bits
8.3% →
TRACE 5.72 bits
7.3% →
GOIER 5.05 bits
5.5% →
RONTE 4.85 bits
5.1% →
TRONE 4.59 bits
4.3% →
STURE 4.74 bits
3.3% →
MINOR 5.07 bits
2.4% →
TRONE 5.08 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1L1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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