5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BEGEM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To adorn (as if) with gems.

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 BEGEM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEGEM 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 65.4% of games, misses completely in 34.6%, and leaves about 370 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,383 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___M B in the 1st position and M in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SLART SOLAR SAURY GUANO STARY
Words starting with B Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.83 Entropy (bits)
370 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEGEM 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,383 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEGEM ranks #11,383 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
711
4 guesses
1,294
5 guesses
297
6 guesses
8
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:
E

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
32%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

817
335
170
133
119
104
87
53
46
38
35
33
28
27
25
22
22
20
20
16
12
10
10
10
9
9
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEGEM:

35% chance
Suggested:
COAST
14% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.6% →
COAST 5.89 bits
14.2% →
SLART 5.68 bits
7.2% →
SOLAR 4.65 bits
5.6% →
SAURY 4.81 bits
5.0% →
GUANO 5.02 bits
4.4% →
STARY 4.90 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.83 bits
2.2% →
GRADE 4.25 bits
2.0% →
STEER 3.99 bits
1.6% →
LABOR 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1G2E1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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