5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BIFID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 74.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Cleft; divided into two principal or main parts, such as two lobes.

“bifid tongue”

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 BIFID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIFID 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 51.6% of games, misses completely in 48.4%, and leaves about 606 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,970 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SNARE DROLE PATER ALURE HAOLE
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.18 Entropy (bits)
606 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
74.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIFID 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,970 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIFID ranks #13,970 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
637
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
400
6 guesses
35
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:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
52%
Green tile
25%
All gray
48%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1142
203
159
121
111
111
84
63
51
32
29
25
17
15
14
14
13
13
12
12
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIFID:

48% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
7% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

48.4% →
TARSE 6.32 bits
8.6% →
SNARE 5.14 bits
6.7% →
DROLE 5.26 bits
5.1% →
PATER 4.64 bits
4.7% →
ALURE 5.21 bits
4.7% →
HAOLE 5.12 bits
3.6% →
COAST 5.09 bits
2.7% →
ALURE 5.20 bits
2.2% →
SONAR 4.78 bits
1.4% →
RONTE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1F4I1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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