5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLUDE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 BLUDE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLUDE 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 78.7% of games, misses completely in 21.3%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,062 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__D_ B in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _L__E L in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT ROAST STAIR LOYAL RUSTY LAPEL
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.69 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.26 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLUDE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,062 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLUDE ranks #4,062 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
ELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
36%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

502
297
199
152
108
102
80
71
71
61
43
37
34
33
26
25
25
25
23
23
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21
17
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14
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLUDE:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.3% →
SAINT 6.10 bits
12.6% →
ROAST 5.31 bits
8.4% →
STAIR 5.11 bits
6.4% →
LOYAL 5.11 bits
4.6% →
RUSTY 4.41 bits
4.3% →
LAPEL 4.43 bits
3.4% →
DROIT 5.19 bits
3.0% →
DRIED 4.79 bits
3.0% →
COAST 4.48 bits
2.6% →
SHART 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1D2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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