5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BALUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 BALUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BALUS 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,973 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__U_ B in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRINE RONTE CRONE GOIER TIARE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BALUS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,973 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BALUS ranks #3,973 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
187
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:
ALSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
27%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
212
211
150
142
141
125
108
60
45
45
43
37
33
33
32
27
19
19
19
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15
14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BALUS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
TRONE 6.09 bits
9.0% →
TRINE 5.60 bits
8.9% →
TRONE 5.62 bits
6.4% →
RONTE 4.77 bits
6.0% →
CRONE 5.05 bits
6.0% →
GOIER 5.03 bits
5.3% →
TIARE 4.68 bits
4.6% →
PEART 4.90 bits
2.5% →
SHUNT 4.29 bits
1.9% →
SPELL 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1L1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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