5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BABES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /beɪbz/

Noun

plural of babe

Noun

Alternative form of babe (“as a term of endearment to a loved one”).

“Are you all right, babes?”

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 BABES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BABES 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,995 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BA_ES B in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRINE TRAIL SPOUT OLDER DEALT
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BABES 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,995 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BABES ranks #12,995 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,315
5 guesses
319
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
278
219
190
178
157
139
119
95
55
49
48
47
35
30
30
17
17
15
15
15
12
11
10
9
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BABES:

18% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
COURT 5.68 bits
11.8% →
TRINE 5.27 bits
9.3% →
TRAIL 5.31 bits
8.1% →
SPOUT 4.91 bits
7.5% →
OLDER 4.19 bits
6.7% →
DEALT 4.83 bits
5.9% →
CARAT 4.03 bits
5.0% →
RONTE 4.51 bits
4.0% →
SHALT 4.53 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1B3E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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