5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BEGAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A system of forced labour in parts of India.

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 BEGAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEGAR 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,647 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SLANT COURT CHART SPICE
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEGAR 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,647 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEGAR ranks #4,647 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,154
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
250
238
149
116
105
100
85
63
58
48
41
38
37
32
31
28
25
25
22
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEGAR:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
SOILY 5.68 bits
10.6% →
TOILE 5.42 bits
10.1% →
SLANT 5.28 bits
6.3% →
COURT 5.27 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 4.85 bits
4.5% →
CHART 4.44 bits
4.2% →
SPICE 4.78 bits
3.6% →
SOILY 3.59 bits
2.7% →
SENTE 4.12 bits
2.5% →
SOILY 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1G2A1R1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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