5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BAELS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bael

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 BAELS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAELS 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,011 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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

COUNT NOIRE SNOUT TRAIN CARAT SENOR
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.13 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAELS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,011 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAELS ranks #3,011 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
912
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
183
6 guesses
14
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
2 vowels
Common:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

307
296
150
127
112
103
82
80
76
75
70
55
49
45
45
38
34
32
26
25
25
25
19
16
16
16
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAELS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
13% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
6% chance
Suggested:
SNOUT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
COUNT 5.81 bits
12.6% →
NOIRE 5.24 bits
6.4% →
SNOUT 5.03 bits
5.4% →
TRAIN 5.32 bits
4.7% →
CARAT 4.07 bits
4.4% →
SENOR 4.68 bits
3.5% →
LOGIC 4.61 bits
3.4% →
CORAL 4.32 bits
3.2% →
TRACE 4.65 bits
3.2% →
DOREE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1E1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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