Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

BESES

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

No dictionary definition for BESES is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use BESES in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 84.5% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How BESES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BESES 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 66.5% of games, misses completely in 33.5%, and leaves about 370 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #13,919 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe BESES used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.67 Entropy (bits)
370 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.5% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How BESES 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#13,919 Rank among openers
Opening with BESES left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.89 average. It ranks #13,919 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
622
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
401
6 guesses
25

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
32%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

BESES can come back 65 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

799 answers
285 answers
275 answers
189 answers
141 answers
122 answers
80 answers
45 answers
35 answers
32 answers
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20 answers
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13 answers
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12 answers
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7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1S1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing BESES

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to BESES.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BESES:

34% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.5% →
TRAIL 5.82 bits
12.0% →
TIARE 5.19 bits
11.5% →
SLANT 5.11 bits
7.9% →
RAINY 4.33 bits
5.9% →
SLART 4.68 bits
5.1% →
CLARY 4.93 bits
3.4% →
ROANY 4.77 bits
1.9% →
LABOR 4.84 bits
1.5% →
TRACE 3.89 bits
1.3% →
GRACE 3.50 bits

Research on BESES

Game-tree analysis and word research for BESES, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with BESES, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.88 guesses and ranks #13,525 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with BESES can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.89; proven optimal play reaches 3.88. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).