5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BAKEN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

alternative past participle of bake; baked.

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 BAKEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAKEN 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,130 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___N B in the 1st position and N in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

MOULT TERSE SLART SOLAR COUNT SATYR
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAKEN 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,130 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAKEN ranks #8,130 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
223
6 guesses
15
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:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
33%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

414
286
216
164
163
121
115
82
56
42
41
40
39
38
30
26
26
24
23
22
21
21
19
19
16
16
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAKEN:

18% chance
Suggested:
MOULT
12% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
MOULT 5.64 bits
12.1% →
TERSE 5.42 bits
9.2% →
SLART 5.45 bits
7.0% →
SLART 5.32 bits
6.9% →
SOLAR 4.11 bits
5.1% →
COUNT 5.04 bits
4.9% →
SATYR 4.19 bits
3.5% →
SEINE 4.64 bits
2.4% →
SHIRK 4.53 bits
1.8% →
ALONG 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1K5E1N1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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