5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLASH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A heavy fall of rain.

Verb

To pour heavily.

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 BLASH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLASH 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,014 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___H B in the 1st position and H in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__H L in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TONER RONTE ROULE DRICE TRICE
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLASH 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,014 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLASH ranks #2,014 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
8
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)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

509
246
183
149
113
86
84
65
60
59
57
49
41
38
37
31
29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLASH:

22% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
RIONE 6.08 bits
10.4% →
TONER 5.45 bits
7.8% →
RONTE 5.37 bits
6.3% →
ROULE 4.83 bits
4.8% →
RONTE 4.50 bits
3.6% →
DRICE 4.73 bits
3.6% →
TRICE 5.37 bits
2.8% →
RUOTE 4.92 bits
2.5% →
COURE 4.52 bits
2.5% →
RUOTE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1S1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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