5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BACHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bach

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 BACHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BACHS 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 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,153 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__H_ B in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE ALERT SPITE TRINE NOIRE RONTE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BACHS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,153 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BACHS ranks #6,153 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
858
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
10
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
23%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

577
280
253
147
119
95
94
84
62
55
51
46
37
33
33
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24
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BACHS:

24% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
RIONE 5.99 bits
11.9% →
ALERT 5.60 bits
10.7% →
SPITE 5.48 bits
6.2% →
TRINE 4.74 bits
5.0% →
NOIRE 5.33 bits
4.0% →
RONTE 5.55 bits
4.0% →
STIRE 4.88 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 5.18 bits
2.6% →
RIONE 4.34 bits
2.3% →
ROUET 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1C3H4S1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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