5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BASSI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of basso

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 BASSI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BASSI 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,460 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___I B in the 1st position and I in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TONER TRINE ALERT REACT ALANE DROLE
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.96 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BASSI 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,460 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BASSI ranks #12,460 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
719
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
345
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
28%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
343
308
185
163
104
83
77
68
51
31
30
29
28
28
25
23
22
19
18
15
15
14
13
11
10
10
9
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BASSI:

23% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TONER 5.91 bits
14.5% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
13.1% →
ALERT 5.57 bits
7.8% →
TONER 4.73 bits
6.9% →
TONER 5.04 bits
4.4% →
REACT 4.47 bits
3.5% →
TRINE 4.38 bits
3.3% →
ALANE 4.62 bits
2.9% →
DROLE 4.82 bits
2.2% →
ROUTE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1S1S1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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