5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BALOI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of moloi

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 BALOI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BALOI 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,389 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___I B in the 1st position and I in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TERSE TRINE TRONE STARE TRUCE REAST
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BALOI 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
0.72 Volatility
#6,389 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BALOI ranks #6,389 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AILO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
27%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
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148
114
94
83
62
52
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BALOI:

12% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
TERSE 5.97 bits
12.1% →
TRINE 5.50 bits
11.2% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
10.1% →
STARE 5.46 bits
6.3% →
TRUCE 4.71 bits
4.8% →
REAST 4.71 bits
4.0% →
SLEEP 4.91 bits
3.5% →
STILE 4.21 bits
2.6% →
SOWCE 4.35 bits
2.2% →
POINT 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1L1O1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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