5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BASER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

someone who uses freebase cocaine or other drugs

Adjective

comparative form of base: more base

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 BASER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BASER 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 101 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,629 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE STINK TONAL DROIT DEALT
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
101 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 95% of evaluated openers
0.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BASER 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,629 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BASER ranks #3,629 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
15
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
34%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

287
174
133
129
127
98
95
94
86
84
77
71
67
57
47
41
35
35
32
27
25
24
24
24
22
20
20
20
19
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BASER:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
STINK

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
COUNT 5.62 bits
7.4% →
TOILE 5.26 bits
5.6% →
STINK 4.81 bits
5.5% →
TONAL 5.02 bits
5.4% →
DROIT 4.83 bits
4.2% →
DEALT 4.83 bits
4.0% →
POIRE 4.18 bits
4.0% →
TANGY 3.93 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 4.41 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 3.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1S1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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