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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BEACH

Yes, BEACH was the Wordle answer on August 21, 2023 (Wordle #793).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/[ˈbɪi̯t͡ʃ]

Noun

The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.

Noun

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

Verb

To run aground on a beach.

Verb

To run (something) aground on a beach.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 21, 2023 (#793).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BEACH performs as a guess

BEACH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,997 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___H B in the 1st position and H in the 5th position B__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SIREE TALON ALTER SIREN SLART
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEACH 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
0.71 Volatility
#5,997 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEACH ranks #5,997 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
229
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
34%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C H I L D
B E A C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BEACH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
346
242
141
108
96
75
64
53
50
50
49
47
38
29
29
24
23
23
21
20
20
20
18
16
16
14
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEACH:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
10% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
14.7% →
SIREE 5.30 bits
10.3% →
TALON 5.28 bits
6.0% →
ALTER 4.70 bits
4.6% →
SIREN 4.48 bits
4.1% →
SLART 4.62 bits
3.2% →
SOILY 4.96 bits
2.7% →
SHIRT 4.78 bits
2.2% →
SIREE 4.79 bits
2.1% →
SLART 3.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1A1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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