5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BIALY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /biˈæl.i/

Noun

A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.

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 BIALY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIALY 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,044 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TAMER TRONE STURE CORSE DORSE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIALY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,044 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIALY ranks #5,044 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
899
4 guesses
1,167
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
43%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

472
216
203
157
119
115
111
99
66
55
51
49
36
33
30
25
23
23
22
21
19
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIALY:

20% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TAMER
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
TORSE 6.29 bits
9.2% →
TAMER 5.45 bits
8.6% →
TRONE 5.60 bits
6.7% →
STURE 5.00 bits
5.0% →
CORSE 4.93 bits
4.9% →
DORSE 4.83 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 4.63 bits
4.2% →
RONTE 4.76 bits
2.8% →
TARSE 4.10 bits
2.3% →
PAINT 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1A1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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