5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BAOZI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɑʊ.(d)zə//ˈbɑʊ.tsə//ˈbɑʊ.zi/

Noun

A Chinese steamed stuffed bun.

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 BAOZI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAOZI 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,729 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___I B in the 1st position and I in the 5th position B__Z_ B in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SLEER TRINE REAST CRUET STURE CRUSE
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAOZI 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,729 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAOZI ranks #13,729 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
390
6 guesses
28
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
381
356
219
198
172
82
65
61
45
31
29
28
28
27
19
16
16
16
15
14
11
11
8
6
5
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAOZI:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLEER
16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SLEER 5.81 bits
16.2% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
15.1% →
REAST 5.51 bits
9.3% →
CRUET 5.04 bits
8.4% →
STURE 4.45 bits
7.3% →
CRUSE 4.64 bits
3.5% →
ALANE 4.73 bits
2.8% →
POINT 4.56 bits
2.6% →
CORAL 4.41 bits
1.9% →
SEELY 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1O1Z10I1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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