5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BEGOB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Interjection

By God.

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 BEGOB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEGOB 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 329 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,557 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__B E in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR COURT SLART TORSE SLANT
Words starting with B Words ending with B

First-turn measures

3.66 Entropy (bits)
329 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 11% of evaluated openers
2.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEGOB 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,557 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEGOB ranks #13,557 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
634
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
368
6 guesses
20
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:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
496
269
168
145
86
81
64
57
45
29
23
21
21
20
17
16
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14
12
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11
9
9
9
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7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEGOB:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
21% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
11% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
SAINT 5.94 bits
21.0% →
STAIR 5.48 bits
11.4% →
COURT 5.08 bits
7.1% →
SLART 4.91 bits
6.1% →
TORSE 4.49 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.39 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 5.09 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 4.71 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.72 bits
1.9% →
ROANY 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1G2O1B3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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