5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BLEAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blɪə//ˈblɪː//ˈblɪjə/

Adjective

Dim; unclear from water or rheum.

Adjective

Causing or caused by dimness of sight.

Verb

To be blear; to have blear eyes; to look or gaze with blear eyes.

Verb

To make (usually the eyes or eyesight) blurred or dim.

Alternative forms: bleer

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 BLEAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLEAR 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 111 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,141 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___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST NOISE SAINT COURT POISE CHART
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.27 Entropy (bits)
111 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLEAR 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,141 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLEAR ranks #2,141 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,139
5 guesses
191
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

124 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

301
195
181
149
121
104
99
96
85
60
58
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLEAR:

13% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
8% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
HOIST 5.87 bits
8.3% →
NOISE 5.28 bits
7.7% →
SAINT 5.39 bits
6.3% →
COURT 5.23 bits
5.1% →
POISE 4.58 bits
4.4% →
CHART 4.43 bits
4.2% →
STANE 4.50 bits
4.1% →
SILLY 4.95 bits
3.6% →
TOISE 3.38 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1E1A1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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