5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BEMAD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To make mad.

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 BEMAD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEMAD 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 205 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,678 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST SIREE SLART RESET SORAL MOIST
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
205 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEMAD 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,678 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEMAD ranks #6,678 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
9
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

449
356
289
172
93
67
66
62
57
54
50
38
37
36
31
27
25
23
23
23
21
20
20
19
18
18
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14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEMAD:

19% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
HOIST 5.91 bits
15.1% →
SIREE 5.43 bits
12.3% →
SLART 5.34 bits
7.3% →
SLART 4.91 bits
3.9% →
RESET 4.42 bits
2.8% →
SORAL 4.43 bits
2.8% →
MOIST 4.68 bits
2.6% →
RIONE 4.76 bits
2.4% →
DROIT 4.57 bits
2.3% →
SCARY 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1M3A1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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