5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BEPAT

BEPAT 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

Verb

To beat upon (as on a drum); patter upon.

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 BEPAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEPAT 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 142 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,224 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY NOIRE CLARY SARGE SOUTH NERVE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
142 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEPAT 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,224 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEPAT ranks #3,224 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
15
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:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
33%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

342
282
238
133
108
93
77
76
73
66
63
55
46
44
42
42
37
26
25
23
22
21
19
16
16
15
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEPAT:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
12% chance
Suggested:
NOIRE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SOILY 5.69 bits
12.0% →
NOIRE 5.16 bits
10.1% →
CLARY 5.03 bits
5.6% →
SARGE 4.56 bits
4.6% →
SOUTH 4.93 bits
3.9% →
NERVE 4.46 bits
3.3% →
SOULY 4.68 bits
3.2% →
TOISE 4.42 bits
3.1% →
NOISE 4.50 bits
2.8% →
SATIN 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1P3A1T1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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