5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BASIS

Yes, BASIS was the Wordle answer on June 2, 2026 (Wordle #1809).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.sɪs//ˈbæɪ.sɪs/

Noun

A physical base or foundation.

Noun

A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: June 2, 2026 (#1809).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BASIS performs as a guess

BASIS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,050 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ALERT TRINE PORTE THALE STILE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BASIS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,050 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BASIS ranks #12,050 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
29%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
G A S S Y
B A S I S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BASIS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
308
276
206
185
130
89
71
68
45
33
29
29
28
27
25
23
18
17
15
15
11
11
11
9
8
8
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BASIS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TONER
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TONER 5.91 bits
13.1% →
ALERT 5.57 bits
11.7% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
8.7% →
PORTE 5.31 bits
7.8% →
TONER 4.73 bits
5.5% →
THALE 4.70 bits
3.8% →
STILE 4.33 bits
3.0% →
CLOTE 4.62 bits
2.9% →
DROLE 4.82 bits
1.9% →
CLINE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1S1I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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