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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BLACK

Yes, BLACK was the Wordle answer on April 10, 2022 (Wordle #295).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blæk/

Adjective

Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

“The items around him were black in colour.”

Adjective

Without light.

Noun

The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.

Noun

A black dye or pigment.

Alternative forms: blacke, blk, blak

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: April 10, 2022 (#295).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BLACK performs as a guess

BLACK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,045 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___K B in the 1st position and K in the 5th position B__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE TASER TOILE STIRE TARSE IRONE
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLACK 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,045 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLACK ranks #6,045 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
227
6 guesses
13
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
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
31%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B E E F Y
B L A C K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLACK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

707
267
179
122
122
111
59
58
57
56
35
35
32
28
28
26
26
23
22
19
19
18
18
14
14
14
13
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLACK:

30% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
TASER
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
TOISE 6.12 bits
11.3% →
TASER 5.43 bits
7.6% →
TOILE 5.11 bits
5.2% →
STIRE 5.25 bits
5.2% →
TARSE 4.63 bits
4.7% →
IRONE 5.48 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 4.88 bits
2.5% →
CARET 4.74 bits
2.4% →
GORSE 4.58 bits
2.4% →
RIONE 4.50 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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