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BLAND

Yes, BLAND was the Wordle answer on July 13, 2022 (Wordle #389).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blænd/[bleənd] ~ [blɛənd]/bland/

Adjective

Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.

“a bland oil”

Adjective

Lacking in taste or flavor.

“The coffee was bland.”

Noun

A summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.

Verb

To mix; blend; mingle.

Alternative forms: blaind, blaund

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: July 13, 2022 (#389).

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

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How BLAND performs as a guess

BLAND 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,267 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__D L in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE CARTE TOISE SILER STIRE PORTE
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLAND 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,267 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLAND ranks #1,267 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
979
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
10
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:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
33%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
A G A P E
B L A N D

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLAND in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

547
218
162
160
131
101
98
72
62
60
43
38
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLAND:

23% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
7% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
TORSE 6.38 bits
9.2% →
CARTE 5.54 bits
6.9% →
TOISE 5.35 bits
6.8% →
SILER 5.03 bits
5.6% →
STIRE 5.11 bits
4.3% →
PORTE 4.54 bits
4.2% →
DIODE 5.23 bits
3.1% →
TOISE 4.87 bits
2.6% →
CANOE 4.43 bits
2.5% →
SOUCE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1N1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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