- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 1.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the remaining answers cleanly.
Five-letter words starting with B and ending in AL (B__AL)
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This pattern has 6 words in the Wordle guess list; 2 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 2 answers. The possible-answer label is a guide, not a promise about what Wordle's editors will choose.
Previously used by Wordle: BANAL (January 6, 2022).
AAPAS does not fit this page's clues. BANAL keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.0 (1 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Pattern guide
What fits B__AL?
All 6 matching words are shown above. 2 are possible answers.
Letters that fit the blanks
- 2nd letter A, I, O, U
- 3rd letter B, L, N, R, S
Meanings and answer history
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BANAL
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
“banal clichés”
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Past Wordle answer: January 6, 2022.
BASAL
Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
“This is the basal idea.”
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BILAL
A male given name from Arabic.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BINAL
twofold; double
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BORAL
aluminium borotartrate, an astringent and antiseptic.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
BUBAL
An extinct subspecies of the hartebeest (†Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), which was formerly native to northern Africa.
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Not listed among past Wordle answers.
Common questions
- How many five-letter words match B__AL?
- 6 five-letter words match B__AL in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 2 are possible answers.
- Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?
- Among all matching words, BORAL has the highest feedback entropy at 5.09 bits against the possible answers.