5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BHATS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bhat

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 BHATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BHATS 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 203 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,304 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _H__S H in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE CARLE ROUET CRINE TALER DROLE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
203 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BHATS 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
0.67 Volatility
#2,304 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BHATS ranks #2,304 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
8
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
1 vowels
Common:
AST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
30%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

538
282
186
147
98
90
89
72
64
61
42
36
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BHATS:

23% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
RIONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
RIONE 5.98 bits
12.0% →
CARLE 5.35 bits
7.9% →
RIONE 5.45 bits
6.2% →
ROUET 5.44 bits
4.2% →
CRINE 4.72 bits
3.8% →
TALER 4.64 bits
3.8% →
ROUET 4.62 bits
3.1% →
DROLE 5.07 bits
2.7% →
CONEY 4.79 bits
2.6% →
PALER 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3H4A1T1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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