5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BAISA

BAISA 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

Alternative form of paisa.

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 BAISA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAISA 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,388 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ALERT TILDE CRONE REACT ROUTE
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAISA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,388 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAISA ranks #10,388 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
795
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
294
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
37%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
259
214
186
163
133
106
70
68
55
47
43
36
30
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28
23
19
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAISA:

23% chance
Suggested:
TONER
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TONER 5.91 bits
11.0% →
ALERT 5.45 bits
9.1% →
TILDE 5.12 bits
7.9% →
TONER 5.12 bits
6.9% →
TONER 4.75 bits
5.6% →
CRONE 4.90 bits
4.5% →
REACT 4.45 bits
3.0% →
ROUTE 4.96 bits
2.9% →
DROLE 4.82 bits
2.3% →
LEANT 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1I1S1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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