5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BAHUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bahu

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 BAHUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAHUS 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,710 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__U_ B in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LINER ALERT SPITE TRINE TUILE TRICE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% 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 BAHUS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,710 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAHUS ranks #8,710 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
794
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
12
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
24%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
311
216
167
160
132
105
62
61
48
44
42
35
35
32
30
28
24
24
24
20
15
14
14
14
13
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAHUS:

22% chance
Suggested:
LINER
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
LINER 5.94 bits
13.2% →
ALERT 5.53 bits
9.2% →
SPITE 5.50 bits
7.1% →
TRINE 4.73 bits
6.8% →
TUILE 5.10 bits
5.6% →
TRICE 5.53 bits
4.5% →
PEART 4.85 bits
2.6% →
DROLE 4.75 bits
2.6% →
STUNG 4.09 bits
2.0% →
WRITE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1H4U1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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