5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BHUTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bhut

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 BHUTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BHUTS 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 68.3% of games, misses completely in 31.7%, and leaves about 305 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,268 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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

ARIEL PAIRE RAILE PEART LIANE CARLE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
305 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BHUTS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,268 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BHUTS ranks #5,268 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
882
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
11
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:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
26%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

748
229
211
121
114
94
77
49
47
46
46
45
36
34
32
28
24
23
22
21
20
16
14
14
12
11
11
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BHUTS:

32% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
10% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.7% →
ARIEL 6.16 bits
9.7% →
PAIRE 5.58 bits
8.9% →
ARIEL 5.67 bits
5.1% →
RAILE 4.83 bits
4.8% →
PEART 4.86 bits
4.0% →
LIANE 5.32 bits
3.3% →
CARLE 5.24 bits
2.1% →
PLORE 4.37 bits
2.0% →
RAILE 4.95 bits
2.0% →
DRICE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3H4U1T1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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