5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BETID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of betide

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 BETID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BETID 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,190 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SOLAR ROAST SONLY SAREE CARLE
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.75 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BETID 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,190 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BETID ranks #4,190 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,175
5 guesses
196
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:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
331
174
150
125
102
101
76
60
49
48
44
35
32
30
29
28
26
26
26
26
24
20
20
19
15
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BETID:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
14% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
14.0% →
SOLAR 5.46 bits
7.4% →
ROAST 5.43 bits
6.4% →
SONLY 4.83 bits
5.3% →
SAREE 5.03 bits
4.3% →
CARLE 4.61 bits
4.3% →
RINSE 4.82 bits
3.2% →
SHALT 4.43 bits
2.5% →
DOWDY 4.36 bits
2.1% →
CANER 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1T1I1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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