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

BLOWN

Yes, BLOWN was the Wordle answer on June 17, 2022 (Wordle #363).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bləʊn//blaːn//bloʊn/

Adjective

Distended, swollen, or inflated.

“Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.”

Adjective

Panting and out of breath.

Verb

past participle of blow

Alternative forms: blowne

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 17, 2022 (#363).

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

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How BLOWN performs as a guess

BLOWN 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,812 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___N B in the 1st position and N in the 5th position B__W_ B in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _L__N L in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SALLE TIARE CARET STURE SPACE
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLOWN 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,812 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLOWN ranks #6,812 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
9
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:
LNO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
27%
All gray
29%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLOWN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

693
241
218
192
106
95
73
62
60
55
46
46
35
28
27
24
22
21
19
19
18
18
17
15
13
13
12
10
10
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLOWN:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SALLE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
TARSE 6.44 bits
10.2% →
SALLE 5.49 bits
9.2% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
8.1% →
CARET 5.38 bits
4.5% →
STURE 4.80 bits
4.0% →
SPACE 5.14 bits
3.1% →
SHARE 5.39 bits
2.6% →
LOYAL 4.14 bits
2.5% →
TRINE 4.28 bits
2.3% →
IRATE 5.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1O1W4N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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