5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BLINK

Yes, BLINK was the Wordle answer on June 30, 2025 (Wordle #1472).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈblɪŋk/[ˈblɪŋk]

Verb

To close and reopen both eyes quickly.

“The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.”

Verb

To flash on and off at regular intervals.

“The blinking text on the screen was distracting.”

Noun

The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

Noun

The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 30, 2025 (#1472).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BLINK performs as a guess

BLINK 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 69.4% of games, misses completely in 30.6%, and leaves about 291 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,290 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___K B in the 1st position and K in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE ROATE SATED SOARE STOAE CARET
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
291 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLINK 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,290 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLINK ranks #7,290 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
22
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)
69%
Green tile
30%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
F L I C K
B L I N K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLINK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

721
242
169
165
102
88
80
74
67
60
52
39
39
38
33
31
21
20
17
15
14
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLINK:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SATED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.6% →
TARSE 6.47 bits
10.3% →
ROATE 5.35 bits
7.2% →
SATED 5.12 bits
7.0% →
SOARE 5.40 bits
4.3% →
TARSE 5.10 bits
3.7% →
STOAE 5.00 bits
3.4% →
CARET 4.53 bits
3.1% →
TORSE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
TILDE 4.33 bits
2.5% →
URATE 5.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1I1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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