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BLAST

Yes, BLAST was the Wordle answer on January 8, 2026 (Wordle #1664).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blɑːst//blæst/

Noun

A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

Noun

A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.

Verb

To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.

Verb

To make a loud noise.

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: January 8, 2026 (#1664).

See the full page for that puzzle: January 8, 2026 (#1664).

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

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How BLAST performs as a guess

BLAST is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #64 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__T L in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in BLAST.

First-turn measures

All four describe BLAST used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.11 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How BLAST 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.67 Spread of game lengths
#64 Rank among openers
Opening with BLAST solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.67 means those games clustered within about 0.67 of a guess of the 3.55 average. It ranks #64 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
1,074
4 guesses
1,069
5 guesses
128
6 guesses
12
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
36%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
B L A S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLAST in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

BLAST can come back 115 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

444 answers
196 answers
151 answers
147 answers
143 answers
93 answers
76 answers
62 answers
60 answers
52 answers
52 answers
52 answers
45 answers
37 answers
36 answers
30 answers
30 answers
28 answers
25 answers
23 answers
23 answers
23 answers
22 answers
21 answers
20 answers
20 answers
20 answers
19 answers
19 answers
18 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1S1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Try next

RIONE CARNE THEIR CELLO RAINE DRICE

Strategy after playing BLAST

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to BLAST.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLAST:

19% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARNE
6% chance
Suggested:
THEIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
RIONE 6.14 bits
8.3% →
CARNE 5.39 bits
6.4% →
THEIR 5.39 bits
6.2% →
CELLO 4.91 bits
6.0% →
RIONE 5.35 bits
3.9% →
RAINE 4.54 bits
3.2% →
DRICE 4.94 bits
2.6% →
GOIER 4.88 bits
2.5% →
TARTE 4.75 bits
2.2% →
ROUTE 4.25 bits

Research on BLAST

Game-tree analysis and word research for BLAST, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with BLAST, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.62 guesses and ranks #461 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.72 guesses at best and is rank #59 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.55, at or below the proven-optimal 3.62, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

One syllable Say it BLAST.

Rhymes with CASTE ASSED

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, BLAST is a kind of fly or noise.

Synonyms fire attack SHOOT blow SHELL boom

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
BLAST sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 21 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
Learner level
Appears in intermediate learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level B2); a word learners usually reach after the basics.

In a sentence

I had a blast there.
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)
It's going to be a blast.
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS.