5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BEDES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bede

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 BEDES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEDES 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 267 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,737 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BE_ES B in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SLANT TIARE ROANY SLART DRAIN
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
267 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEDES 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,737 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEDES ranks #9,737 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
767
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
263
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
32%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

637
297
231
146
144
126
90
64
43
43
29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEDES:

27% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
TALON 5.84 bits
12.6% →
SLANT 5.17 bits
9.8% →
TIARE 5.20 bits
6.2% →
ROANY 4.24 bits
6.1% →
SLART 4.75 bits
5.3% →
DRAIN 5.21 bits
3.8% →
CLARY 4.89 bits
2.7% →
ROANY 4.64 bits
1.8% →
ALINE 4.33 bits
1.8% →
LABOR 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1D2E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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