5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BEGAN

BEGAN is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡæn/

Verb

simple past of begin

Verb

past participle of begin

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 BEGAN performs as a guess

BEGAN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,090 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___N B in the 1st position and N in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY SIREE SLART COUNT DETER SAINT
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEGAN 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,090 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEGAN ranks #6,090 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,180
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
17
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:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
B E G A N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BEGAN in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
329
275
142
106
91
83
63
63
46
42
40
37
35
31
26
25
24
23
23
22
22
21
21
20
20
19
19
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEGAN:

17% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
14% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
14.0% →
SIREE 5.32 bits
11.7% →
SLART 5.30 bits
6.0% →
SLART 5.06 bits
4.5% →
COUNT 5.10 bits
3.9% →
DETER 4.49 bits
3.5% →
SIREE 4.72 bits
2.7% →
SAINT 4.31 bits
2.7% →
SORAL 4.47 bits
2.0% →
SOULY 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1G2A1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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