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

BLOCK

Yes, BLOCK was the Wordle answer on January 25, 2024 (Wordle #950).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blɒk//blɑk/

Noun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

“a block of ice; a block of stone”

Noun

A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.

“a block of text; a block of colour; a block of land”

Verb

To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

“The pipe was blocked by leaves.”

Verb

To prevent (something or someone) from passing.

“A broken-down car is blocking the traffic.”

Alternative forms: blocke

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: January 25, 2024 (#950).

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

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How BLOCK performs as a guess

BLOCK 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 68.3% of games, misses completely in 31.7%, and leaves about 313 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,124 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAILE RONTE IRATE PRATE ARISE
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.11 Entropy (bits)
313 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLOCK 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,124 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLOCK ranks #8,124 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
232
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:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
29%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLOCK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

748
252
229
128
119
80
66
66
58
49
45
37
32
25
25
25
23
22
21
20
18
18
17
14
14
13
12
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLOCK:

32% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.7% →
TIARE 6.30 bits
10.7% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
9.7% →
RONTE 5.41 bits
5.4% →
IRATE 5.63 bits
5.0% →
PRATE 4.91 bits
3.4% →
ARISE 5.00 bits
2.8% →
TIARE 4.80 bits
2.8% →
LOYAL 4.04 bits
2.5% →
IRATE 5.11 bits
2.1% →
CANER 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1O1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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