5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BATTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of batt

Noun

batteries (power cells)

“Do we have any spare batts for the TV remote?”

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 BATTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BATTS 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 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,609 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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 POIRE MORNE TRINE CHARE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BATTS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,609 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BATTS ranks #9,609 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
271
6 guesses
14
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
28%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

638
280
232
150
144
101
93
78
67
43
42
38
37
30
30
28
22
20
19
19
19
14
13
12
11
10
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BATTS:

27% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
10% chance
Suggested:
POIRE

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
9.8% →
POIRE 5.35 bits
6.4% →
MORNE 4.72 bits
6.1% →
TRINE 5.47 bits
4.3% →
CHARE 4.59 bits
3.9% →
ROUET 4.56 bits
3.3% →
DROLE 5.04 bits
2.8% →
ALERT 4.66 bits
1.8% →
NOIRE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1T1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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