5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BEGUM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bəˈɡʌm//ˈbeɪɡəm//ˈbɛɡəm/

Verb

To daub or cover with gum.

Noun

a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in South Asia

Noun

the form of address for such a woman

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 BEGUM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEGUM 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 308 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,343 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__U_ B in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__M E in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL STAIR SLANT SLART COAST ROANY
Words starting with B Words ending with M

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
308 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEGUM 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,343 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEGUM ranks #10,343 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
297
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:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
23%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

627
497
157
148
94
82
75
65
55
54
36
33
33
32
26
24
23
21
21
20
17
16
14
12
9
8
7
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEGUM:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
21% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
TRAIL 6.00 bits
21.1% →
STAIR 5.43 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.07 bits
6.3% →
SLART 4.86 bits
4.0% →
COAST 4.93 bits
3.5% →
ROANY 4.91 bits
3.2% →
STURE 4.62 bits
2.8% →
SONAR 4.76 bits
2.3% →
RAILE 4.63 bits
2.3% →
ARISE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1G2U1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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