5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BLABS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blæbz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of blab

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 BLABS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLABS 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,116 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__B_ B in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE STIRE TONER CELLO RONTE TRICE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLABS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,116 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLABS ranks #11,116 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
737
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
17
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
27%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
287
282
176
119
114
79
78
62
57
43
32
29
27
25
23
21
20
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20
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLABS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
12% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
TRONE 6.09 bits
12.2% →
STIRE 5.53 bits
12.0% →
TONER 5.39 bits
7.5% →
CELLO 4.86 bits
5.0% →
RONTE 4.49 bits
4.8% →
TRICE 5.21 bits
3.4% →
SATER 4.73 bits
3.3% →
CRUET 4.15 bits
2.6% →
COURE 4.52 bits
2.4% →
TRONE 5.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1B3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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