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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BAKER

Yes, BAKER was the Wordle answer on November 16, 2022 (Wordle #515).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.kə//ˈbeɪ.kɚ//ˈbe.kəɾ/

Noun

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

Noun

A portable oven for baking.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 16, 2022 (#515).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BAKER performs as a guess

BAKER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,463 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SEINE SLANT DROIT TOISE DEALT
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAKER 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
0.71 Volatility
#8,463 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAKER ranks #8,463 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
803
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
17
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
33%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
P E I S Y
W A F E R
B A K E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BAKER in 5 guesses. See the trap-family guide for similar endgames.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

383
249
174
156
124
124
117
97
90
83
61
59
40
37
36
34
28
26
24
22
20
19
18
18
17
16
16
15
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAKER:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
10.6% →
SEINE 5.40 bits
7.4% →
SLANT 5.31 bits
6.6% →
DROIT 4.97 bits
5.3% →
TOISE 4.58 bits
5.3% →
DEALT 4.91 bits
5.0% →
SONLY 4.39 bits
4.1% →
SOILY 3.46 bits
3.8% →
SLART 4.25 bits
3.5% →
SONLY 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1K5E1R1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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