5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BEMAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bema

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 BEMAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEMAS 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 164 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,592 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

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CRONY TRIED TRAIN SNOUT ALTER SPIRE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
164 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEMAS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,592 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEMAS ranks #6,592 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
198
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:
AES

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
309
245
169
137
128
95
93
55
53
50
48
41
29
28
27
25
24
24
20
20
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19
19
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15
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEMAS:

15% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
13% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
CRONY 5.62 bits
13.1% →
TRIED 5.35 bits
10.4% →
TRAIN 5.19 bits
7.2% →
SNOUT 4.94 bits
5.8% →
ALTER 4.69 bits
5.4% →
SPIRE 4.79 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.77 bits
3.9% →
DETER 4.29 bits
2.3% →
TONAL 4.48 bits
2.2% →
SLART 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1M3A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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