5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BESOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɪˈsɑt//bɪˈsɒt/

Verb

To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.

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 BESOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BESOT 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,855 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LAIRY RAILE CLARY SNARL LEARE PARLE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BESOT 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,855 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BESOT ranks #2,855 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
13
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:
EOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

325
287
176
141
114
105
96
93
76
59
54
50
44
41
38
35
33
32
31
27
26
21
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19
19
19
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BESOT:

14% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
LAIRY 5.73 bits
12.2% →
RAILE 5.47 bits
7.5% →
CLARY 5.13 bits
6.0% →
SNARL 4.93 bits
4.8% →
LEARE 4.65 bits
4.5% →
PARLE 4.82 bits
4.1% →
DROVE 4.36 bits
3.9% →
LAIRY 4.82 bits
3.2% →
TIARE 4.69 bits
2.5% →
LIANE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1S1O1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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