5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLINY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of blini.

Noun

plural of blin

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 BLINY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLINY 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,436 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER SARED SOARE REAST STORE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLINY 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,436 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLINY ranks #3,436 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
947
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ILN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
41%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

624
189
154
149
147
108
94
75
72
56
55
49
45
35
34
31
29
29
21
20
18
18
18
15
14
14
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLINY:

26% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SATER
7% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
TARSE 6.44 bits
8.0% →
SATER 5.41 bits
6.5% →
SARED 4.97 bits
6.3% →
SOARE 5.47 bits
6.2% →
REAST 5.29 bits
4.6% →
STORE 5.05 bits
4.0% →
SPACE 5.00 bits
3.2% →
CARET 4.57 bits
3.1% →
REAST 4.80 bits
2.4% →
SALLE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1I1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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