5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BESTI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 BESTI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BESTI 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,166 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___I B in the 1st position and I in the 5th position B__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__I E in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL LAREE CLARY SNARL CARLE DINER
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BESTI 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,166 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BESTI ranks #4,166 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
901
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
14
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:
EIST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
278
185
147
109
108
107
104
89
81
69
46
45
39
33
32
32
31
28
27
20
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16
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16
15
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BESTI:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
12% chance
Suggested:
LAREE
8% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
CAROL 5.91 bits
11.8% →
LAREE 5.24 bits
7.8% →
CLARY 5.08 bits
6.2% →
SNARL 4.89 bits
4.6% →
CARLE 4.65 bits
4.6% →
DINER 4.75 bits
4.5% →
PHARE 4.99 bits
4.4% →
COURT 5.11 bits
3.8% →
TREAT 4.68 bits
3.4% →
GIANT 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1S1T1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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