5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BASED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /beɪst/

Adjective

Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

“That was a soundly based argument.”

Verb

simple past and past participle of base

Adjective

Not caring what others think about one's personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality.

Interjection

Indicating emphatic approval of a statement or opinion, often a controversial or unpopular one.

“—There is no ethics in communism—Based.”

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 BASED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BASED 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 134 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,646 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position BA_ED B in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

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COUNT TRICE TRAIL SNOUT RONTE GLARE
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
134 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BASED 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,646 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BASED ranks #4,646 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
16
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

342
213
180
171
135
126
115
111
94
59
57
48
46
44
33
31
29
29
28
24
24
22
21
20
20
15
14
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BASED:

15% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
COUNT 5.85 bits
9.0% →
TRICE 5.36 bits
7.6% →
TRAIL 5.26 bits
7.3% →
SNOUT 5.02 bits
5.7% →
RONTE 4.35 bits
5.3% →
GLARE 4.75 bits
4.9% →
CARAT 4.16 bits
4.7% →
PORTE 4.60 bits
4.0% →
SHALT 4.61 bits
2.5% →
DROIT 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1S1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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