5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLAMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of blam

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 BLAMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLAMS 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,519 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__M_ B in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE RONTE CARET CELLO TRICE MINOR
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLAMS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,519 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLAMS ranks #2,519 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
933
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
9
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
260
223
156
107
102
77
70
67
57
57
49
40
31
26
25
24
24
24
22
22
21
21
20
19
16
16
16
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLAMS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TRONE 6.14 bits
11.0% →
RONTE 5.51 bits
9.5% →
CARET 5.49 bits
6.6% →
CELLO 4.83 bits
4.5% →
RONTE 4.54 bits
4.3% →
TRICE 5.20 bits
3.3% →
MINOR 5.07 bits
3.0% →
PATER 4.84 bits
2.8% →
CRUET 4.19 bits
2.4% →
GRICE 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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