5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BEGAD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

An expression of surprise, shock etc.

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 BEGAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEGAD 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,764 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SIREE SLART RESET SOILY SORAL
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEGAD 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,764 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEGAD ranks #6,764 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
823
4 guesses
1,208
5 guesses
239
6 guesses
10
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
356
302
162
97
70
69
55
54
49
42
40
37
37
36
27
26
24
23
23
22
21
21
20
16
16
15
15
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEGAD:

19% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
HOIST 5.88 bits
15.1% →
SIREE 5.38 bits
12.8% →
SLART 5.30 bits
6.9% →
SLART 4.92 bits
4.1% →
RESET 4.53 bits
3.0% →
SOILY 4.79 bits
2.9% →
SORAL 4.44 bits
2.3% →
RIONE 4.66 bits
2.3% →
DROIT 4.58 bits
2.1% →
SOULY 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1G2A1D2
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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