5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BELLI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 BELLI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BELLI 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,536 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___I B in the 1st position and I in the 5th position B__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__I E in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SAINT TRINE SONAR TARSE SAREE
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BELLI 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,536 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BELLI ranks #11,536 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
754
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
24
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
26%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
415
272
144
128
124
94
58
47
38
34
28
26
25
24
23
21
18
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BELLI:

22% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
12% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
ROAST 5.97 bits
17.6% →
ROAST 5.58 bits
11.5% →
SAINT 5.29 bits
6.1% →
TRINE 4.72 bits
5.4% →
SONAR 5.08 bits
5.3% →
TARSE 4.64 bits
4.0% →
SAREE 4.44 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.34 bits
2.0% →
SAUNT 4.47 bits
1.6% →
SAUCY 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1L1L1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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