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

BELOW

Yes, BELOW was the Wordle answer on May 5, 2023 (Wordle #685).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɪˈləʊ//bɪˈlaː//bɪˈloʊ/

Preposition

Lower in spatial position than.

“The treasure is buried two meters below the surface.”

Preposition

Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.

“The temperature is below zero.”

Adverb

In or to a lower place.

“The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.”

Adverb

Later in the same text.

“This point is explained below.”

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: May 5, 2023 (#685).

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

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How BELOW performs as a guess

BELOW 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 209 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,054 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__W E in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR COURT PATEE TARSE TORSE
Words starting with B Words ending with W

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
209 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BELOW 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,054 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BELOW ranks #8,054 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
252
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:
ELO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
25%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
D E M O N
B E L O W

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BELOW in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
381
209
173
129
122
120
66
63
44
40
35
33
31
26
22
22
21
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BELOW:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
16% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
9% chance
Suggested:
COURT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
SAINT 6.15 bits
16.2% →
STAIR 5.55 bits
8.9% →
COURT 5.21 bits
7.3% →
SAINT 5.05 bits
5.5% →
PATEE 4.70 bits
5.2% →
TARSE 4.71 bits
5.1% →
TORSE 4.52 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.52 bits
2.7% →
COAST 4.60 bits
1.9% →
SHART 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1L1O1W4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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