5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BEGIN

Yes, BEGIN was the Wordle answer on November 7, 2022 (Wordle #506).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡɪn//bəˈɡɪn//biˈɡɪn/

Verb

To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

“I began playing the piano at the age of five.”

Verb

To come into existence.

Noun

Beginning; start.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 7, 2022 (#506).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BEGIN performs as a guess

BEGIN 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 213 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,155 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__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__N E in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART ROAST COAST SLIER SAREE SAURY
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
213 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.0% 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 BEGIN 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,155 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEGIN ranks #6,155 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
16
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BEGIN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
386
163
127
115
108
75
70
52
50
49
46
38
33
31
31
30
26
26
26
24
19
18
15
15
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEGIN:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLART
16% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
SLART 6.00 bits
16.4% →
ROAST 5.60 bits
6.9% →
SLART 5.06 bits
5.4% →
SLART 4.93 bits
4.9% →
COAST 5.10 bits
4.6% →
SLIER 4.52 bits
3.2% →
SLART 4.80 bits
3.0% →
SAREE 4.57 bits
2.2% →
SAURY 4.78 bits
2.1% →
URATE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1G2I1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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