5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BACON

Yes, BACON was the Wordle answer on December 17, 2023 (Wordle #911).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.kən/

Noun

Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.

Noun

Thin slices of the above in long strips.

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: December 17, 2023 (#911).

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

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How BACON performs as a guess

BACON is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,596 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___N B in the 1st position and N in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER STARE TORSE SEITY STILE CRISE
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.68 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BACON 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,596 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BACON ranks #3,596 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
921
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S A L O N
B A C O N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BACON in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
275
234
145
144
108
74
64
58
57
52
48
44
38
28
26
25
22
22
20
20
20
17
16
16
15
14
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BACON:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
12% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SLIER 6.11 bits
11.7% →
STARE 5.67 bits
9.9% →
TORSE 5.37 bits
6.1% →
SEITY 5.26 bits
6.1% →
STILE 4.78 bits
4.6% →
CRISE 5.36 bits
3.1% →
PRASE 4.64 bits
2.7% →
CHORE 4.52 bits
2.5% →
GLARE 4.51 bits
2.4% →
SIRED 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1C3O1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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