5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BAZAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of baza

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 BAZAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BAZAS 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 62.8% of games, misses completely in 37.2%, and leaves about 439 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,266 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BA_AS B in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE TOILE ALERT TRICE THALE CRUET
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.34 Entropy (bits)
439 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.61 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BAZAS 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,266 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BAZAS ranks #14,266 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
589
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
434
6 guesses
24
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
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
27%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

878
353
255
185
121
95
90
49
42
30
24
24
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11
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BAZAS:

37% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
15% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.2% →
RIONE 5.93 bits
15.0% →
TOILE 5.36 bits
10.8% →
ALERT 5.37 bits
7.8% →
TRICE 4.86 bits
5.1% →
THALE 4.44 bits
4.0% →
TOILE 5.15 bits
3.8% →
CRUET 4.48 bits
2.1% →
STOPE 3.98 bits
1.8% →
LOURE 4.80 bits
1.3% →
PORTE 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1Z10A1S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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