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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

BULKY

Yes, BULKY was the Wordle answer on January 31, 2024 (Wordle #956).

As an opener, it rules out about 82.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌlki/

Adjective

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

Adjective

Unwieldy.

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 31, 2024 (#956).

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

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How BULKY performs as a guess

BULKY 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 62.8% of games, misses completely in 37.2%, and leaves about 405 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,493 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

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__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SARED TRONE CARSE SATER IRATE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.74 Entropy (bits)
405 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BULKY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,493 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BULKY ranks #11,493 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
746
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
304
6 guesses
23
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:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
30%
All gray
37%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B A D L Y
B U L K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BULKY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

877
300
189
162
83
78
67
56
48
39
38
33
31
29
28
25
20
16
16
16
15
15
14
11
8
8
8
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BULKY:

37% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.2% →
TIARE 6.31 bits
12.7% →
TIARE 5.44 bits
8.0% →
SARED 5.02 bits
6.9% →
TRONE 5.45 bits
3.5% →
CARSE 5.06 bits
3.3% →
SATER 4.78 bits
2.8% →
IRATE 5.28 bits
2.4% →
TOISE 4.69 bits
2.0% →
ALOSE 4.05 bits
1.7% →
AROSE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1L1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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