5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLOWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bləʊz//blaːz//bloʊz/

Noun

plural of blow

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of blow

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 BLOWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLOWS 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 72.7% of games, misses completely in 27.3%, and leaves about 273 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,714 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__W_ B in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TONER RAILE CRAPE PRATE LOYAL
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
273 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLOWS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,714 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLOWS ranks #7,714 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
11
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:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
24%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

643
298
225
219
91
78
63
62
60
59
59
43
40
31
31
25
24
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9
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLOWS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.3% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
12.6% →
TIARE 5.69 bits
9.5% →
TONER 5.39 bits
9.3% →
RAILE 5.36 bits
3.9% →
CRAPE 4.90 bits
3.3% →
PRATE 4.65 bits
2.7% →
LOYAL 4.18 bits
2.6% →
TRADE 5.20 bits
2.5% →
SALLE 4.71 bits
2.5% →
CRUET 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1O1W4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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