5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BASTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bast

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 BASTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BASTS 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,355 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BA_TS B in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE LEARN PRONE NOIRE MORNE ROUET
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BASTS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,355 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BASTS ranks #10,355 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
756
4 guesses
1,275
5 guesses
263
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
27%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

638
280
198
195
150
97
93
86
78
57
53
44
30
28
27
22
21
20
14
14
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BASTS:

27% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
8% chance
Suggested:
PRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
RIONE 5.98 bits
11.9% →
LEARN 5.45 bits
8.4% →
PRONE 5.26 bits
8.3% →
NOIRE 5.47 bits
6.4% →
MORNE 4.72 bits
4.1% →
ROUET 4.53 bits
3.9% →
CHARE 4.62 bits
3.6% →
ALERT 4.90 bits
3.3% →
DROLE 5.04 bits
2.4% →
RIONE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1S1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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