5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BELTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɛlts/

Noun

plural of belt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of belt

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 BELTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BELTS 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,156 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN IRONE CAROL TRAIN SPANK PAIRE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BELTS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,156 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BELTS ranks #2,156 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
26%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
275
157
141
137
119
104
91
90
78
49
47
40
38
37
35
33
26
25
23
22
21
21
20
19
18
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BELTS:

15% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
12% chance
Suggested:
IRONE
7% chance
Suggested:
CAROL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
CAIRN 5.99 bits
11.7% →
IRONE 5.10 bits
6.7% →
CAROL 4.92 bits
6.0% →
TRAIN 5.36 bits
5.8% →
SPANK 4.93 bits
5.0% →
PAIRE 4.93 bits
4.4% →
AINEE 4.71 bits
3.9% →
TREAT 4.65 bits
3.8% →
ROAST 4.60 bits
3.3% →
RANCE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1L1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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