5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BAALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of baal

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 BAALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAALS 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,262 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE STIRE GOIER TRICE DRONE RONTE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAALS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,262 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAALS ranks #8,262 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
38%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

652
287
168
149
106
100
81
77
70
60
44
44
39
37
32
29
29
25
21
19
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAALS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
7% chance
Suggested:
GOIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
TRONE 6.09 bits
12.2% →
STIRE 5.53 bits
7.1% →
GOIER 5.08 bits
6.3% →
TRICE 4.89 bits
4.5% →
DRONE 5.35 bits
4.2% →
TRICE 5.17 bits
3.4% →
RONTE 4.44 bits
3.3% →
CRUET 4.17 bits
3.0% →
TRIDE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
TRONE 5.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1A1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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