5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLADY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪdi/

Adjective

Consisting of blades, or having prominent blades.

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 BLADY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLADY 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,283 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__D_ B in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE CATER STIRE SHIEL POISE DINER
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLADY 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
0.69 Volatility
#5,283 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLADY ranks #5,283 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
39%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
239
151
137
126
120
106
71
57
49
41
40
38
37
28
27
25
23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLADY:

27% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
CATER
6% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
TOISE 6.23 bits
10.1% →
CATER 5.56 bits
6.4% →
STIRE 5.12 bits
5.8% →
SHIEL 5.06 bits
5.3% →
POISE 4.71 bits
5.1% →
DINER 5.50 bits
4.5% →
RONTE 4.54 bits
3.0% →
SOUCE 4.77 bits
2.4% →
TARSE 4.23 bits
2.1% →
RONTE 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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