5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

BLAME

Yes, BLAME was the Wordle answer on March 13, 2023 (Wordle #632).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bleɪm/

Noun

Censure.

“Blame came from all directions.”

Noun

Culpability for something negative or undesirable.

“The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.”

Verb

To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

“The student driver was blamed for the accident.”

Verb

To assert the cause of some bad event.

“We blamed the accident on the student driver.”

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: March 13, 2023 (#632).

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

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How BLAME performs as a guess

BLAME is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,856 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__M_ B in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT DETER SATYR SIREN SILLY SHART
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLAME 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,856 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLAME ranks #2,856 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
B L A M E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLAME in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

388
264
178
173
111
100
78
78
66
63
54
45
38
38
36
34
31
26
23
21
21
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18
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLAME:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
11% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
SATYR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
SNORT 5.97 bits
11.2% →
DETER 5.35 bits
7.5% →
SATYR 5.00 bits
7.3% →
SIREN 4.68 bits
4.7% →
SILLY 4.88 bits
4.2% →
SHART 4.80 bits
3.3% →
TAPER 4.45 bits
3.3% →
TALON 4.20 bits
2.8% →
SETER 4.14 bits
2.7% →
MOUTH 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1M3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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