5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLIMY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

Alternative spelling of blimey.

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 BLIMY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLIMY 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 69.6% of games, misses completely in 30.4%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,211 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__M_ B in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER RONTE SARED TRONE SPACE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLIMY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#5,211 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLIMY ranks #5,211 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
6

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
39%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

717
198
188
167
142
106
101
63
63
52
35
35
34
30
27
26
26
25
21
21
17
16
16
15
14
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLIMY:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SATER
8% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.4% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
8.4% →
SATER 5.37 bits
8.0% →
RONTE 5.33 bits
7.1% →
SARED 5.08 bits
6.0% →
TRONE 5.22 bits
4.5% →
SPACE 4.99 bits
4.3% →
SATER 5.51 bits
2.7% →
TIARE 4.39 bits
2.7% →
ORATE 5.22 bits
2.2% →
SOLAR 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1I1M3Y4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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