5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BAIZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /beɪz/

Noun

A thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.

Verb

To cover or line with baize.

Noun

A coarse woolen material with a long nap; usually dyed in plain colors.

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 BAIZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAIZE 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 166 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,531 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__Z_ B in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

STORY SETER SLART PILOT ROUSE SONLY
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
166 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAIZE 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,531 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAIZE ranks #11,531 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
731
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
315
6 guesses
24
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

363
283
242
153
147
137
119
116
84
76
60
54
51
41
39
32
31
25
20
16
15
15
14
14
14
13
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAIZE:

15% chance
Suggested:
STORY
12% chance
Suggested:
SETER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
STORY 5.55 bits
12.0% →
SETER 5.46 bits
10.3% →
SLART 5.38 bits
6.5% →
PILOT 4.71 bits
6.2% →
ROUSE 4.63 bits
5.8% →
SONLY 4.42 bits
5.0% →
SLART 4.85 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 4.52 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.40 bits
3.2% →
RIPEN 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1I1Z10E1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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