5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BENET

BENET 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

Pronunciation: /bɪˈnɛt//ˈbɛnət/

Verb

To catch in a net; ensnare.

Verb

To surround as by a net.

Noun

An exorcist, the third of the four lesser orders in the Roman Catholic church.

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 BENET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BENET 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 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 204 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,084 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___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SITAR SOLAR RAISE CLARY SAUCY
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
204 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BENET 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
#7,084 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BENET ranks #7,084 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
857
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
41%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

557
241
176
154
116
103
78
66
65
58
53
37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BENET:

24% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
10% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
7% chance
Suggested:
SITAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.6% →
SORAL 5.88 bits
10.2% →
SORAL 5.36 bits
7.5% →
SITAR 5.05 bits
6.5% →
SOLAR 4.80 bits
4.9% →
SOLAR 4.40 bits
4.4% →
SORAL 4.99 bits
3.3% →
RAISE 4.36 bits
2.8% →
CLARY 5.08 bits
2.8% →
SAUCY 4.31 bits
2.5% →
ANISE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1N1E1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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