5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BEANS

BEANS 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

Pronunciation: /biːnz/

Noun

plural of bean

Noun

Pills; drugs in pill form.

“popping beans”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bean

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 BEANS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEANS 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 121 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,897 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRODE CAROL SPILT PORTE TARGE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.10 Entropy (bits)
121 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 88% of evaluated openers
0.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEANS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,897 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEANS ranks #2,897 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
914
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
14
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
34%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
257
187
149
109
107
80
75
70
68
55
55
54
47
39
36
36
31
30
27
27
23
22
22
21
21
21
20
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEANS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
COURT 5.68 bits
10.9% →
TRODE 5.28 bits
7.9% →
CAROL 5.24 bits
6.3% →
SPILT 5.11 bits
4.6% →
PORTE 4.66 bits
4.5% →
TARGE 4.58 bits
3.4% →
DETER 4.50 bits
3.2% →
TONIC 4.94 bits
3.0% →
DINER 4.44 bits
2.9% →
TRICE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1A1N1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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