5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BLOOK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blʊk//blʉk/

Noun

A book serialized on a blog (weblog) platform.

Noun

A book about blogging.

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 BLOOK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLOOK 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 60.1% of games, misses completely in 39.9%, and leaves about 451 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,943 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

3.60 Entropy (bits)
451 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLOOK 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,943 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLOOK ranks #12,943 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
701
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
352
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
29%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

942
287
216
107
100
68
65
62
61
49
46
26
25
21
20
20
15
15
14
14
12
11
10
10
8
8
8
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLOOK:

40% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.9% →
TIARE 6.27 bits
12.2% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
9.2% →
RONTE 5.18 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 4.92 bits
4.2% →
ARISE 4.95 bits
2.9% →
IRATE 5.15 bits
2.8% →
LOYAL 3.90 bits
2.6% →
TRACE 4.84 bits
2.6% →
MARSE 4.59 bits
2.1% →
SANER 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1O1O1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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