5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BLUNK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blʌŋk/

Verb

To blench, blink; turn aside.

Verb

To spoil, mismanage.

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 BLUNK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BLUNK 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 66.7% of games, misses completely in 33.3%, and leaves about 341 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,848 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___K B in the 1st position and K in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE RAILE RAISE MORSE TOISE SPATE
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
341 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLUNK 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,848 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLUNK ranks #8,848 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
16
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:
LNU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
27%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

786
285
220
139
88
88
67
60
45
43
43
41
39
37
25
22
18
16
16
15
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12
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8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLUNK:

33% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.3% →
TARSE 6.43 bits
12.1% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
9.3% →
RAISE 5.36 bits
5.9% →
MORSE 4.99 bits
3.7% →
TOISE 4.92 bits
3.7% →
SPATE 5.01 bits
2.8% →
TORSE 4.97 bits
2.5% →
IRATE 5.27 bits
1.9% →
CHARE 4.58 bits
1.8% →
PARSE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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