5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BARIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹɪk//ˈbɛəɹɪk/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to weight, especially to the weight or pressure of the atmosphere as measured by a barometer.

Adjective

Of or pertaining to barium.

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 BARIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BARIC 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,144 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___C B in the 1st position and C in the 5th position B__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__C A in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE SIENT SOLED SENTE TRADE
Words starting with B Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BARIC 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
0.70 Volatility
#3,144 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BARIC ranks #3,144 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
940
4 guesses
1,137
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
14
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
222
218
201
122
117
102
94
66
62
50
48
48
43
43
36
34
34
23
21
18
18
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BARIC:

16% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
STOLE 5.98 bits
9.4% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
9.2% →
SIENT 5.42 bits
8.5% →
SOLED 5.02 bits
5.2% →
SENTE 4.46 bits
5.0% →
TRADE 4.67 bits
4.3% →
CLONE 5.30 bits
4.0% →
SNIDE 4.35 bits
2.8% →
TOUSE 4.71 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1R1I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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