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BLURB

Yes, BLURB was the Wordle answer on January 21, 2023 (Wordle #581).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /blɝ(ː)b/

Noun

A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

Verb

To write or quote in a blurb.

Verb

To supply with a blurb.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 21, 2023 (#581).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BLURB performs as a guess

BLURB is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 71.9% of games, misses completely in 28.1%, and leaves about 327 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,880 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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 4th position _L__B L in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE SAICE SALLE SIENT SPACE THANE
Words starting with B Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.76 Entropy (bits)
327 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLURB 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,880 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLURB ranks #11,880 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
722
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B L U R B

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLURB in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

664
440
269
132
115
107
72
64
59
45
40
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27
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLURB:

28% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
19% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.1% →
SAINE 6.19 bits
18.7% →
SAICE 5.38 bits
11.4% →
SALLE 5.53 bits
5.6% →
SIENT 5.03 bits
4.9% →
SPACE 5.09 bits
4.5% →
THANE 4.94 bits
3.1% →
COAST 4.64 bits
2.7% →
PORAE 4.36 bits
2.5% →
SORER 4.72 bits
1.9% →
COATE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1R1B3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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