5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BAGHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bagh

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 BAGHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAGHS 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 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,427 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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

TRIED ALERT TOILE TRINE CONTE PEART
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAGHS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,427 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAGHS ranks #7,427 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
9
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)
75%
Green tile
24%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

593
283
268
153
142
108
106
73
58
49
46
41
37
35
29
26
26
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAGHS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
TRIED 5.98 bits
12.0% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
11.4% →
TOILE 5.46 bits
6.5% →
TRINE 4.85 bits
6.0% →
CONTE 5.50 bits
4.6% →
PEART 4.81 bits
4.5% →
RIONE 5.52 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 5.06 bits
2.5% →
ROUET 4.61 bits
2.1% →
STOLE 4.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1G2H4S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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