5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BALMY

Yes, BALMY was the Wordle answer on May 8, 2025 (Wordle #1419).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːmi//ˈbɑːmɪj//ˈbɑmi/

Adjective

Producing balm.

Adjective

Soothing or fragrant.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 8, 2025 (#1419).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BALMY performs as a guess

BALMY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.4% of games, misses completely in 28.6%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,135 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__M_ B in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE STARE SLIER SLATE SIRED TRICE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BALMY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,135 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BALMY ranks #6,135 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
864
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
9
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
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
35%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
D I M L Y
B A L M Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BALMY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

674
267
192
146
136
106
81
53
51
33
32
32
30
29
29
28
25
23
22
20
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BALMY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.6% →
TRONE 6.23 bits
11.3% →
STARE 5.63 bits
8.1% →
SLIER 5.08 bits
6.2% →
SLATE 4.62 bits
5.8% →
SIRED 4.75 bits
4.5% →
TRICE 4.97 bits
3.4% →
MERIT 5.33 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 3.42 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 4.98 bits
1.4% →
SCIRE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1L1M3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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