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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BLANK

Yes, BLANK was the Wordle answer on July 20, 2025 (Wordle #1492).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈblæŋk/[ˈblæŋk]/ˈbleɪ̯ŋk/

Adjective

Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in.

“blank paper”

Adjective

Lacking characteristics which give variety; uniform.

“a blank desert; a blank wall; blank unconsciousness”

Noun

The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim.

Noun

A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated.

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 20, 2025 (#1492).

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

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How BLANK performs as a guess

BLANK 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 239 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,255 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___K B in the 1st position and K in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE CARTE TOILE SIDER STIRE TARSE
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
239 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLANK 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
0.70 Volatility
#5,255 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLANK ranks #5,255 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
887
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
11
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)
74%
Green tile
32%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B E E F Y
B L A N K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLANK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
240
188
179
137
115
80
72
60
46
37
35
33
30
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27
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20
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLANK:

26% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
TORSE 6.28 bits
10.2% →
CARTE 5.52 bits
8.0% →
TOILE 5.04 bits
7.6% →
SIDER 5.30 bits
5.8% →
STIRE 5.16 bits
4.9% →
TARSE 4.64 bits
3.4% →
TOISE 4.83 bits
3.1% →
CANOE 4.45 bits
2.5% →
TOUSE 4.62 bits
2.0% →
RUOTE 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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