5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BBALL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 BBALL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BBALL 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 59.4% of games, misses completely in 40.6%, and leaves about 485 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,117 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.91 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___L B in the 1st position and L in the 5th position B__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position

Try next

TOISE CARTE STIRE SLICE TALER RONTE
Words starting with B Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.33 Entropy (bits)
485 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BBALL 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.

3.91 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,117 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BBALL ranks #14,117 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
621
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
411
6 guesses
26
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

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
30%
All gray
41%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

958
363
196
175
74
68
56
52
52
41
35
26
25
24
22
20
19
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17
13
8
8
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5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BBALL:

41% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
15% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.6% →
TOISE 6.08 bits
15.4% →
CARTE 5.36 bits
8.3% →
STIRE 5.09 bits
7.4% →
SLICE 5.05 bits
3.1% →
TALER 4.74 bits
2.9% →
RONTE 5.07 bits
2.4% →
TONER 4.29 bits
2.2% →
SUITE 4.57 bits
2.2% →
SPICE 4.19 bits
1.7% →
PORTE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3B3A1L1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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