5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BEMUD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To cover, bespatter, or befoul with mud.

Verb

To confuse; muddle.

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 BEMUD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEMUD 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,154 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__U_ B in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR SLANT SLART ROAST ROANY
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEMUD 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
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,154 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEMUD ranks #8,154 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
788
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
18
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:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
26%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

614
469
158
129
95
81
75
66
58
56
38
33
33
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25
23
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEMUD:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
20% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SAINT 6.04 bits
19.9% →
STAIR 5.46 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.13 bits
5.5% →
SLART 4.83 bits
4.0% →
ROAST 5.00 bits
3.4% →
ROANY 4.99 bits
3.2% →
STURE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
RAILE 4.75 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.70 bits
2.4% →
RAISE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1M3U1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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