5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BLESS

BLESS is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blɛs/

Verb

To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.

Verb

To invoke divine favor upon.

“In some countries, priests bless farm animals on St. Anthony's Day.”

Interjection

Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.

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

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 BLESS performs as a guess

BLESS 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 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 255 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,810 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ROATE STAIN LOYAL REATE PARTE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
255 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLESS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,810 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLESS ranks #10,810 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
16
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
27%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLESS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

546
427
184
177
130
107
75
69
50
46
46
42
40
38
35
35
29
17
16
15
15
14
14
13
12
9
9
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLESS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
18% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
TRAIN 6.01 bits
18.1% →
ROATE 5.29 bits
7.8% →
STAIN 4.94 bits
7.5% →
LOYAL 5.03 bits
5.5% →
REATE 4.75 bits
4.5% →
PARTE 4.71 bits
3.2% →
TRADE 4.72 bits
2.9% →
FLANK 4.21 bits
2.1% →
ROANY 4.54 bits
2.0% →
TIARE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1E1S1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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