5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BHOOT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person.

Alternative forms: bhut, bhuta

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 BHOOT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BHOOT 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 63.9% of games, misses completely in 36.1%, and leaves about 371 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,313 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___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _H__T H in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE RAISE CARLE SANER CRANE LEANY
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

3.93 Entropy (bits)
371 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BHOOT 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
0.73 Volatility
#10,313 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BHOOT ranks #10,313 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
34%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

851
220
183
146
99
95
89
79
53
47
47
43
28
22
21
19
19
18
17
16
15
15
14
13
12
12
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BHOOT:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.1% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
9.3% →
RAISE 5.62 bits
7.8% →
CARLE 5.06 bits
6.2% →
SANER 5.20 bits
4.2% →
CRANE 5.03 bits
4.0% →
LEANY 4.90 bits
3.8% →
RAILE 5.26 bits
3.4% →
CARLE 4.86 bits
2.2% →
MARLE 4.60 bits
2.0% →
WAITE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3H4O1O1T1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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