5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BEATS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /biːts/

Noun

plural of beat

Noun

An assault by beating.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of beat

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 BEATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEATS 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,299 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAROL SLINK LARGE SPIRE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEATS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,299 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEATS ranks #1,299 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
933
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
138
6 guesses
12
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:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
33%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
251
183
112
105
101
96
84
79
69
65
64
48
38
38
35
34
33
32
27
26
24
22
21
20
20
20
19
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEATS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
COULD 5.62 bits
10.6% →
DROLE 5.28 bits
7.8% →
CAROL 5.23 bits
4.7% →
SLINK 4.77 bits
4.5% →
LARGE 4.65 bits
4.3% →
SPIRE 4.79 bits
4.1% →
TOUGH 4.87 bits
3.6% →
RENEW 4.25 bits
3.4% →
ENTER 4.60 bits
2.9% →
CRINE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1A1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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