5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BETAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of beta

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of beta

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 BETAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BETAS 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,458 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COULD DROLE CAIRN LARGE SLINK TROUT
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BETAS 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
0.68 Volatility
#2,458 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BETAS ranks #2,458 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
914
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
160
6 guesses
11
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:
AEST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
27%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

303
251
204
119
112
106
101
84
77
75
72
71
48
40
38
37
34
29
26
25
23
19
19
18
18
18
18
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BETAS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COULD
11% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
COULD 5.62 bits
10.6% →
DROLE 5.28 bits
8.7% →
CAIRN 5.17 bits
5.0% →
LARGE 4.71 bits
4.7% →
SLINK 4.77 bits
4.5% →
TROUT 4.96 bits
4.3% →
SPIRE 4.79 bits
3.6% →
RENEW 4.25 bits
3.3% →
STOUT 4.25 bits
3.2% →
TRICE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1T1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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