5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BLUSH

Yes, BLUSH was the Wordle answer on June 24, 2021 (Wordle #5).

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈblʌʃ/[ˈblʌʃ]

Noun

An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.

Noun

A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red.

Verb

To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

“The love scene made him blush to the roots of his hair / to the tips of his ears.”

Verb

To be shy, ashamed, or embarrassed (to do something).

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: June 24, 2021 (#5).

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

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How BLUSH performs as a guess

BLUSH 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 71.5% of games, misses completely in 28.5%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,291 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___H B in the 1st position and H in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _L__H L in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE RAILE TIARE TONER CRANE TRAPE
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BLUSH 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,291 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BLUSH ranks #5,291 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
12
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:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
29%
All gray
28%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B E E F Y
B L U S H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BLUSH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

672
235
214
121
112
97
77
65
60
56
48
47
44
40
37
23
23
22
20
19
16
16
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11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BLUSH:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.5% →
RAINE 6.11 bits
10.0% →
RAILE 5.33 bits
9.1% →
TIARE 5.55 bits
5.1% →
TONER 4.90 bits
4.7% →
TIARE 5.68 bits
4.1% →
CRANE 5.07 bits
3.3% →
TRAPE 5.13 bits
2.8% →
RAINE 5.02 bits
2.5% →
COATE 4.66 bits
2.4% →
PALET 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3L1U1S1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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