5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BASAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

plural of Basa

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 BASAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BASAS 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 62.3% of games, misses completely in 37.7%, and leaves about 437 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,263 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BA_AS B in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TOILE ALERT TRICE THALE RENAL
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.41 Entropy (bits)
437 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BASAS 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,263 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BASAS ranks #14,263 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
607
4 guesses
1,235
5 guesses
443
6 guesses
30
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
29%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

890
306
261
193
112
99
92
42
36
32
29
26
21
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14
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BASAS:

38% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
13% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.7% →
RIONE 5.93 bits
13.0% →
TOILE 5.30 bits
11.1% →
ALERT 5.36 bits
8.2% →
TRICE 4.83 bits
4.7% →
THALE 4.34 bits
4.2% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
3.9% →
RENAL 4.52 bits
1.8% →
LOURE 4.80 bits
1.5% →
ROUET 4.18 bits
1.4% →
SILER 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1S1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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