5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BEWIG

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

To furnish or cover with a wig; put a wig on.

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 BEWIG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BEWIG 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,224 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___G B in the 1st position and G in the 5th position B__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__G E in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART RINSE COAST GROUT ARGUE
Words starting with B Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BEWIG 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,224 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BEWIG ranks #10,224 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
767
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
12
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:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
25%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

587
429
192
153
140
103
79
73
62
58
42
34
33
32
25
24
21
18
18
17
16
14
13
12
12
11
10
10
10
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BEWIG:

25% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
18% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
ROAST 5.99 bits
18.2% →
ROAST 5.55 bits
8.1% →
SLART 4.98 bits
6.5% →
SLART 4.90 bits
5.9% →
RINSE 4.66 bits
4.4% →
COAST 4.93 bits
3.4% →
GROUT 4.88 bits
3.1% →
ARGUE 4.71 bits
2.6% →
ROAST 4.77 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1W4I1G2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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