5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BAYLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /beɪl//bɛl/

Proper noun

A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].

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 BAYLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAYLE 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 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 133 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,505 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT TONER SIREN SCANT NOISY SONAR
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
133 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% 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 BAYLE 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
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,505 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAYLE ranks #6,505 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
242
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
40%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

336
247
191
178
131
92
89
78
72
70
66
57
47
37
34
30
30
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27
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18
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAYLE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
10% chance
Suggested:
TONER
8% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
SNORT 5.99 bits
10.5% →
TONER 5.14 bits
8.1% →
SIREN 4.65 bits
7.5% →
SCANT 5.23 bits
5.6% →
NOISY 4.25 bits
3.9% →
SONAR 4.25 bits
3.8% →
CLOUT 4.63 bits
3.3% →
RATIO 4.13 bits
3.1% →
SHART 4.07 bits
3.0% →
REPEL 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1Y4L1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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