5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BIKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bike

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bike

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 BIKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIKES 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 81.2% of games, misses completely in 18.8%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,743 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BI_ES B in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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TALON LEARE SLART TRAIN SOLAR SALTY
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIKES 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,743 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIKES ranks #9,743 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
769
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
28%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

444
325
195
180
170
140
90
84
59
56
53
41
36
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31
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIKES:

19% chance
Suggested:
TALON
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.8% →
TALON 5.69 bits
13.8% →
LEARE 5.55 bits
8.3% →
SLART 5.33 bits
7.6% →
TRAIN 5.39 bits
7.2% →
SOLAR 4.08 bits
5.9% →
SLART 5.00 bits
3.8% →
SALTY 3.73 bits
3.6% →
TRADE 4.22 bits
2.5% →
CLARY 5.07 bits
2.4% →
SLANT 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1K5E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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