5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BARBS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of barb

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of barb

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 BARBS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BARBS 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 238 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,884 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__B_ B in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TRIED CLONE TRACE CLINE THALE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
238 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BARBS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,884 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BARBS ranks #10,884 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,287
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
27%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
295
258
232
138
138
113
68
67
65
53
44
34
30
26
21
17
16
16
15
14
14
12
11
11
8
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BARBS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
12.5% →
TRIED 5.28 bits
10.9% →
TOILE 5.47 bits
9.8% →
CLONE 5.48 bits
5.8% →
TRACE 4.88 bits
5.8% →
CLINE 4.60 bits
4.8% →
THALE 4.78 bits
2.9% →
SPITE 4.68 bits
2.8% →
CONTE 4.47 bits
2.8% →
TOILE 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1R1B3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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