5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BAUDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of baud

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 BAUDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAUDS 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,322 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__D_ B in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE ALERT STIPE RONTE THALE DINER
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAUDS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,322 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAUDS ranks #6,322 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
835
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
194
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
29%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
289
247
170
132
124
123
62
57
57
48
44
37
27
26
23
22
22
17
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
12
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAUDS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
STIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
TRONE 6.00 bits
12.3% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
10.5% →
STIPE 5.45 bits
7.2% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
5.6% →
THALE 4.73 bits
5.3% →
DINER 5.44 bits
5.2% →
TRICE 4.90 bits
2.6% →
TOILE 4.87 bits
2.4% →
CONTE 4.69 bits
2.4% →
TRINE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1U1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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