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

BASTE

Yes, BASTE was the Wordle answer on March 20, 2025 (Wordle #1370).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /beɪst/

Verb

To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.

Verb

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

Noun

A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.

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: March 20, 2025 (#1370).

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

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How BASTE performs as a guess

BASTE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,043 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COULD OLDER GRAIL GRICE SLINK TOUGH
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.30 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BASTE 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,043 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BASTE ranks #2,043 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
91
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
166
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
39%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B U T C H
B A S T E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BASTE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
216
160
119
111
96
92
77
68
67
66
64
52
52
47
38
37
35
34
32
31
27
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18
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17
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BASTE:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
9% chance
Suggested:
OLDER
7% chance
Suggested:
GRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
COULD 5.62 bits
9.2% →
OLDER 5.03 bits
6.8% →
GRAIL 5.02 bits
5.0% →
GRICE 4.38 bits
4.7% →
SLINK 4.77 bits
4.1% →
TOUGH 4.87 bits
3.9% →
RANDY 4.04 bits
3.3% →
ENTER 4.63 bits
2.9% →
RENAL 4.85 bits
2.8% →
CLASH 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1S1T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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