5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BALTI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːl.ti/

Noun

A large iron pan having two handles, especially used in Pakistani cuisine

Noun

A style of curry traditionally cooked in a balti pan, typically stir-fried and served with a relatively dry sauce.

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 BALTI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BALTI 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,729 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

CORSE RINSE SCARE SENOR ROUSE MORNE
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BALTI 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,729 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BALTI ranks #2,729 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
11
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
2 vowels
Common:
AILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

405
226
199
156
135
114
107
98
77
72
41
38
36
34
32
31
31
28
27
24
21
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18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BALTI:

17% chance
Suggested:
CORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SCARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
CORSE 6.09 bits
9.6% →
RINSE 5.47 bits
8.4% →
SCARE 5.44 bits
6.6% →
SENOR 5.55 bits
5.7% →
ROUSE 5.09 bits
4.8% →
MORNE 4.74 bits
4.5% →
CLAME 4.60 bits
4.2% →
HEIST 4.55 bits
3.3% →
REAST 4.96 bits
3.1% →
DRICE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1L1T1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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