Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

BAPPU

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

No dictionary definition for BAPPU is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

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

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Use BAPPU in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 83.3% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How BAPPU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAPPU 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 67.2% of games, misses completely in 32.8%, and leaves about 398 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #13,807 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe BAPPU used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.42 Entropy (bits)
398 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.3% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How BAPPU 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#13,807 Rank among openers
Opening with BAPPU left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.89 average. It ranks #13,807 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
631
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
372
6 guesses
23

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
23%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

BAPPU can come back 49 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

783 answers
427 answers
276 answers
206 answers
115 answers
77 answers
61 answers
44 answers
41 answers
36 answers
34 answers
27 answers
25 answers
24 answers
24 answers
23 answers
23 answers
22 answers
18 answers
15 answers
10 answers
10 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers
4 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers
3 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1P3P3U1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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

Strategy after playing BAPPU

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to BAPPU.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAPPU:

33% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
18% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
12% chance
Suggested:
SONCE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.8% →
TRONE 5.97 bits
17.9% →
ALERT 5.51 bits
11.6% →
SONCE 5.19 bits
8.6% →
RONTE 4.81 bits
4.8% →
STIRE 5.30 bits
3.2% →
RONTE 4.86 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 4.79 bits
1.8% →
STURE 4.42 bits
1.7% →
SLART 4.21 bits
1.5% →
SLADE 4.21 bits

Research on BAPPU

Game-tree analysis and word research for BAPPU, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with BAPPU, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.90 guesses and ranks #13,765 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 4.03 guesses at best and is rank #6,527 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.89, at or below the proven-optimal 3.90, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).