5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BAILS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /beɪlz/

Noun

plural of bail

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bail

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 BAILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAILS 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,961 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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

TONER PORTE TRACE RONTE PEART COURE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
1.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAILS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,961 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAILS ranks #1,961 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
971
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
185
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:
AILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
35%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
191
183
158
139
107
106
106
98
56
43
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAILS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
TONER 6.04 bits
8.1% →
PORTE 5.54 bits
7.8% →
TRACE 5.67 bits
6.7% →
RONTE 5.30 bits
5.9% →
TONER 4.77 bits
4.5% →
PEART 4.82 bits
4.5% →
COURE 5.02 bits
4.5% →
REACT 4.70 bits
4.2% →
TRONE 5.08 bits
2.4% →
TRONE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1I1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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