5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BAKRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of buckra.

Adjective

Alternative form of buckra.

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 BAKRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAKRA 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 69.7% of games, misses completely in 30.3%, and leaves about 332 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,962 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE SIENT LEAST SLICE
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
332 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAKRA 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,962 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAKRA ranks #12,962 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
687
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
358
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
28%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

715
372
258
152
119
81
75
72
69
41
40
26
26
25
21
20
18
17
15
14
14
12
11
11
10
9
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAKRA:

30% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.3% →
TOILE 6.12 bits
15.8% →
TOISE 5.36 bits
10.9% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
6.4% →
SIENT 4.58 bits
5.0% →
LEAST 4.55 bits
3.4% →
SLICE 5.13 bits
3.2% →
STOLE 4.66 bits
3.1% →
PORTE 4.06 bits
2.9% →
SHOTE 4.73 bits
1.7% →
SHOTE 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1K5R1A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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