5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

BLUER

BLUER is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbluː.ə(ɹ)/

Adjective

comparative form of blue: more blue

Noun

A blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.

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

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 BLUER performs as a guess

BLUER 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 84.9% of games, misses completely in 15.1%, and leaves about 140 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,884 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__R L in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT COAST TEASE LOYAL STALE MUSTY
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
140 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLUER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#2,884 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLUER ranks #2,884 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
923
4 guesses
1,148
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
17
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:
ELRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
35%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
C L U M P
B L U E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLUER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

357
241
217
158
138
98
95
90
67
66
53
40
36
35
34
33
31
31
26
26
24
23
19
17
16
15
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLUER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.1% →
SAINT 6.05 bits
10.2% →
SAINT 5.56 bits
9.2% →
COAST 5.53 bits
6.7% →
TEASE 4.79 bits
5.9% →
LOYAL 5.07 bits
4.2% →
COAST 3.48 bits
4.0% →
STALE 4.70 bits
3.8% →
MUSTY 4.47 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.44 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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