5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BETTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛti/

Noun

A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.

Noun

A picklock, skeleton key; a tool for opening locks.

Verb

To pick a lock, to open with a betty.

Verb

To be overly attentive to someone or something.

Alternative forms: bettee

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 BETTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BETTY 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 288 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,519 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ARISE SOLAR SAINT SLEER RANSE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
288 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BETTY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,519 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BETTY ranks #12,519 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
685
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
336
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
36%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
505
211
205
128
116
58
41
35
34
33
32
29
25
24
24
22
22
22
18
18
17
14
14
14
13
11
10
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BETTY:

23% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
21% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
21.4% →
ARISE 5.35 bits
8.9% →
SOLAR 4.72 bits
8.7% →
SAINT 5.39 bits
5.4% →
SLEER 4.84 bits
4.9% →
RANSE 4.66 bits
2.5% →
SONAR 4.92 bits
1.7% →
RAILE 4.38 bits
1.5% →
SONAR 4.30 bits
1.4% →
CADIE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1T1T1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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