5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLANC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A white person; a person of European or Caucasian descent.

Noun

A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for braised meat.

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 BLANC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLANC 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,005 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___C B in the 1st position and C in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position

Try next

TORSE TARSE TOILE SIDER TROPE STIRE
Words starting with B Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLANC 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,005 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLANC ranks #1,005 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,120
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
31%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
199
170
153
141
113
103
81
63
57
50
44
44
34
32
29
28
25
23
22
22
22
21
21
20
16
16
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLANC:

22% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
TORSE 6.33 bits
8.4% →
TARSE 5.49 bits
7.2% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
6.5% →
SIDER 5.36 bits
6.0% →
TROPE 5.43 bits
4.8% →
STIRE 5.17 bits
4.4% →
TARSE 4.70 bits
3.4% →
TOISE 4.85 bits
2.7% →
MANGE 4.37 bits
2.4% →
CATER 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1N1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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