5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLAWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 BLAWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLAWS 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 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,511 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__W_ B in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TONER STIRE CELLO CARTE TRICE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLAWS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,511 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLAWS ranks #5,511 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
876
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
6
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)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

583
263
257
152
116
100
72
71
63
60
59
38
32
31
30
29
27
25
23
22
21
19
19
19
19
17
17
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLAWS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
TRONE 6.07 bits
11.2% →
TONER 5.40 bits
10.9% →
STIRE 5.56 bits
6.4% →
CELLO 4.88 bits
4.9% →
CARTE 4.48 bits
4.2% →
TRICE 5.27 bits
3.1% →
SATER 4.73 bits
3.0% →
CRUET 4.26 bits
2.7% →
RONTE 5.04 bits
2.5% →
GRICE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1A1W4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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