5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BAYER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

comparative form of bay: more bay

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 BAYER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAYER 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,789 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SEINE SLANT SOILY PRINT POISE
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAYER 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,789 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAYER ranks #6,789 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
831
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
19
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
33%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
235
180
143
136
130
111
96
89
81
72
59
51
37
36
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAYER:

12% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
10% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
HOIST 5.85 bits
10.0% →
SEINE 5.35 bits
7.6% →
SLANT 5.37 bits
6.1% →
SOILY 4.42 bits
5.8% →
PRINT 5.00 bits
5.5% →
SLANT 5.06 bits
4.7% →
POISE 4.64 bits
4.1% →
NOISE 3.29 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.26 bits
3.4% →
SIENT 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1Y4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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