5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BHAJI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːd͡ʒi//ˈbɑːʒi//ˈbʱɑːd͡ʒi/

Noun

Any of various Indian dishes of fried vegetables.

“onion bhaji”

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 BHAJI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BHAJI 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 73.6% of games, misses completely in 26.4%, and leaves about 322 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,777 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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__J_ B in the 1st position and J in the 4th position _H__I H in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL TALER TRINE STURE TRUCE DROLE
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
322 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BHAJI 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,777 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BHAJI ranks #13,777 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
636
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
376
6 guesses
22
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:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
24%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

51 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

622
389
385
184
99
89
66
64
43
39
35
34
32
32
30
30
28
28
22
15
14
13
7
5
5
4
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BHAJI:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
16% chance
Suggested:
TALER
16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.4% →
SOREL 6.04 bits
16.5% →
TALER 5.56 bits
16.3% →
TRINE 5.32 bits
7.8% →
STURE 4.90 bits
4.2% →
TRUCE 5.02 bits
3.8% →
TALER 4.41 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 4.89 bits
2.7% →
TORSE 5.13 bits
1.8% →
LITHE 3.88 bits
1.7% →
CARET 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3H4A1J8I1
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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