5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLING

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blɪŋ/

Noun

An ostentatious display of richness or style.

Noun

Alternative form of bling bling.

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 BLING performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLING 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 273 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,875 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___G B in the 1st position and G in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__G L in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE ROATE SOARE SATED STORE AROSE
Words starting with B Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
273 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLING 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,875 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLING ranks #5,875 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
14
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:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

696
231
158
149
111
101
90
72
69
62
57
51
36
27
26
25
25
21
21
19
18
17
17
13
13
13
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLING:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
TARSE 6.47 bits
9.8% →
ROATE 5.36 bits
6.7% →
SOARE 5.38 bits
6.3% →
SATED 5.13 bits
4.7% →
STORE 5.07 bits
4.3% →
AROSE 5.21 bits
3.8% →
STOAE 4.95 bits
3.1% →
TOUSE 4.68 bits
2.9% →
CANER 4.53 bits
2.6% →
TILDE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1I1N1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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