5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BAONS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% 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 BAONS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAONS 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,398 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED TRACE STILE ROUET TRIPE THALE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.88 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.07 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAONS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,398 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAONS ranks #2,398 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
953
4 guesses
1,157
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
10
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:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
36%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

396
227
183
170
139
121
113
76
63
50
49
46
44
40
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33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAONS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
TRIED 6.01 bits
9.6% →
TRACE 5.61 bits
7.8% →
STILE 5.40 bits
7.2% →
ROUET 5.09 bits
5.9% →
TRIPE 4.54 bits
5.1% →
THALE 4.69 bits
4.8% →
DINER 5.01 bits
3.2% →
TRUCE 4.47 bits
2.7% →
PORTE 3.82 bits
2.1% →
TONER 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1O1N1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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