Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BARYE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A unit of pressure under the CGS system; symbol Ba; equal to 1 dyne per square centimeter. 1 Ba = 0.1 Pa = 0.1 N/m2 = 1x10⁻⁶ bar.

Alternative forms: barad, barie, barrie, bary

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 BARYE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BARYE 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,625 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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.

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BARYE 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,625 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BARYE ranks #6,625 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
25

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
39%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

295
180
164
153
152
146
128
92
72
69
68
54
53
38
37
36
31
30
29
26
25
22
21
20
19
19
18
18
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BARYE:

13% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
7% chance
Suggested:
INLET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5%
HOIST 5.86 bits
7.6%
SLANT 5.37 bits
7.0%
INLET 5.18 bits
6.5%
TENOR 3.92 bits
6.4%
SEINE 4.56 bits
6.2%
SOILY 4.42 bits
5.4%
PRINT 4.90 bits
3.9%
SLANT 4.34 bits
3.1%
NATAL 4.07 bits
2.9%
CLEAT 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1R1Y4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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