5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BARDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɑɹdz//bɑːdz/

Noun

plural of bard

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 BARDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BARDS 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 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,012 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__D_ B in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CLONE CONTE TRACE THALE TUILE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BARDS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,012 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BARDS ranks #3,012 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
927
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
182
6 guesses
9
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

402
236
228
192
119
108
103
102
67
60
59
58
46
40
35
33
29
27
24
24
20
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16
15
15
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12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BARDS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
10.0% →
TOILE 5.43 bits
9.7% →
TOILE 5.11 bits
8.1% →
CLONE 5.58 bits
5.0% →
CONTE 4.71 bits
4.6% →
TRACE 4.98 bits
4.4% →
THALE 4.81 bits
4.3% →
TUILE 5.14 bits
2.8% →
SPITE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
CONTE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1R1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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