5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BALUN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbælən//ˈbælˌʌn/

Noun

An electronic device for connecting a balanced transmission line to an unbalanced one.

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 BALUN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BALUN 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,755 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___N B in the 1st position and N in the 5th position B__U_ B in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TRACE TOISE SLIER CORSE PORTE
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 64% of evaluated openers
1.27 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BALUN 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
0.68 Volatility
#2,755 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BALUN ranks #2,755 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
184
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:
ALNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
30%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

495
244
164
162
142
135
129
56
54
45
44
40
39
37
34
29
26
23
21
20
20
19
19
19
16
16
15
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BALUN:

21% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
TORSE 6.24 bits
10.3% →
TRACE 5.76 bits
7.0% →
TOISE 5.38 bits
6.9% →
SLIER 5.05 bits
6.0% →
CORSE 5.22 bits
5.7% →
PORTE 4.79 bits
5.5% →
REACT 4.75 bits
2.4% →
SHUTE 4.00 bits
2.3% →
SIENT 4.48 bits
1.9% →
SPICE 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1L1U1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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