5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BEETS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /biːts/

Noun

plural of beet

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 BEETS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEETS 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,585 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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

CAROL RAILE SLAIN TAINT SONAR ROAST
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEETS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,585 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEETS ranks #8,585 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
801
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
242
6 guesses
15
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:
EST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
29%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

555
309
198
185
113
100
82
77
61
52
37
36
34
30
28
26
23
23
23
22
21
18
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14
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEETS:

24% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
CAROL 5.93 bits
13.1% →
RAILE 5.25 bits
8.4% →
SLAIN 4.92 bits
7.8% →
TAINT 5.25 bits
4.8% →
SONAR 4.62 bits
4.2% →
ROAST 4.54 bits
3.5% →
CLARY 4.98 bits
3.3% →
TALER 4.63 bits
2.6% →
ROANY 4.82 bits
2.2% →
RAINY 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1E1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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