5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BLUES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bluːz/

Noun

plural of blue

Noun

A feeling of sadness or depression.

“I've got the blues today.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of blue

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 BLUES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLUES 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,111 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__S L in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TIARE ROAST TONER LOYAL STAIR
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLUES 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#5,111 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLUES ranks #5,111 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
233
6 guesses
15
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:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
34%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
275
184
157
135
129
87
86
53
47
45
42
40
39
36
33
32
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24
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLUES:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
TRAIN 6.04 bits
11.7% →
TIARE 5.46 bits
7.8% →
ROAST 5.33 bits
6.7% →
TONER 4.37 bits
5.7% →
LOYAL 5.09 bits
5.5% →
STAIR 4.78 bits
3.7% →
TUMOR 4.23 bits
3.6% →
DEALT 4.57 bits
2.2% →
FLANK 4.27 bits
2.0% →
TRONE 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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