5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

BLITZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blɪts/

Noun

A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.

Noun

A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.

“We embarked on a publicity blitz, putting posters and flyers all around town.”

Verb

To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.

Verb

To perform a blitz.

“The Washington High defense almost always blitzes on third down.”

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 BLITZ performs as a guess

BLITZ 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 298 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,910 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position

Try next

SOARE RINSE SNORE SPACE PAUSE TRAIT
Words starting with B Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
298 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLITZ 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,910 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLITZ ranks #9,910 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
808
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
277
6 guesses
20
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:
ILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
29%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B L I T Z

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLITZ in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

703
270
231
162
121
99
79
77
65
58
51
46
41
26
24
21
21
19
19
16
16
15
13
13
13
11
11
11
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLITZ:

30% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
SOARE 6.16 bits
11.5% →
SOARE 5.72 bits
9.8% →
SOARE 5.27 bits
6.9% →
RINSE 5.28 bits
5.1% →
SNORE 5.14 bits
4.2% →
SPACE 5.05 bits
3.4% →
PAUSE 4.86 bits
3.3% →
TRAIT 4.38 bits
2.8% →
DEARY 4.25 bits
2.5% →
DRONE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1I1T1Z10
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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