5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BASSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bæsi/

Adjective

Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency sounds.

Noun

A knife.

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 BASSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BASSY 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 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 313 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,820 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE ALERT MOILE RONTE LEANT TOILE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
313 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BASSY 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
0.71 Volatility
#11,820 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BASSY ranks #11,820 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
721
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
38%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

696
345
220
165
157
106
80
66
52
36
35
30
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24
19
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BASSY:

30% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
TRINE 6.17 bits
14.6% →
ALERT 5.58 bits
9.3% →
TRINE 5.19 bits
7.0% →
MOILE 4.43 bits
6.7% →
RONTE 4.79 bits
4.5% →
LEANT 4.54 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 5.10 bits
2.8% →
ROUTE 4.90 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 3.56 bits
1.5% →
DROLE 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1S1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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