5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLUEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbluː.i/

Adjective

Having a colour similar to blue.

Noun

The metal lead.

Noun

A bushman's blanket.

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 BLUEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLUEY 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,961 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _L__Y L in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ARISE STAIR SAINT ROAST STALE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLUEY 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
0.72 Volatility
#6,961 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLUEY ranks #6,961 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
232
6 guesses
20
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)
82%
Green tile
46%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
359
180
152
120
95
84
71
67
50
50
49
44
44
42
39
29
28
27
21
18
17
17
16
15
12
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLUEY:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
15% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
TRAIN 6.20 bits
15.2% →
ARISE 5.40 bits
7.6% →
STAIR 4.57 bits
6.4% →
SAINT 4.93 bits
5.1% →
ROAST 5.15 bits
4.0% →
STALE 4.66 bits
3.6% →
SNOUT 4.96 bits
3.0% →
SHART 4.63 bits
2.8% →
COAST 4.44 bits
2.1% →
GUISE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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