5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BEARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɛɹz//bɛəz//beːz/

Noun

plural of bear

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bear

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 BEARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEARS 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 108 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,297 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__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE NATAL STINK GROUT SPILE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.26 Entropy (bits)
108 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEARS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,297 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEARS ranks #3,297 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
924
4 guesses
1,131
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
16
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

287
182
179
151
145
122
96
86
68
59
55
51
44
44
42
36
35
33
28
25
25
24
23
20
19
17
17
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEARS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
NATAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
COUNT 5.62 bits
7.7% →
TOILE 5.48 bits
7.6% →
NATAL 5.02 bits
6.4% →
TOILE 4.32 bits
6.1% →
STINK 4.86 bits
5.2% →
GROUT 4.68 bits
4.1% →
SPILE 4.73 bits
3.6% →
LANCE 4.55 bits
2.9% →
CAROL 4.62 bits
2.5% →
TOILE 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1A1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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