5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BEAMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /biːmz/

Noun

plural of beam

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of beam

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 BEAMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEAMS 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,058 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__M_ B in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CRONY TRIED TALON SNOUT SPIRE ALTER
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEAMS 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
0.70 Volatility
#6,058 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEAMS ranks #6,058 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
814
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
309
217
170
128
122
93
83
59
56
54
48
39
38
35
28
27
26
25
23
22
20
19
19
18
18
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEAMS:

15% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
13% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
CRONY 5.62 bits
13.1% →
TRIED 5.35 bits
9.2% →
TALON 5.19 bits
7.2% →
SNOUT 4.93 bits
5.4% →
SPIRE 4.79 bits
5.2% →
ALTER 4.75 bits
3.9% →
DETER 4.29 bits
3.5% →
CRINE 4.22 bits
2.5% →
SHALT 3.96 bits
2.4% →
MOUTH 4.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1A1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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