5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BILAT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /baɪˈlæt/

Noun

A bilateral meeting.

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 BILAT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BILAT 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 82.8% of games, misses completely in 17.2%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #882 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CORSE SACRE CRONE ROUSE SHOER SLANE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BILAT 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#882 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BILAT ranks #882 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
997
4 guesses
1,098
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
AILT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
33%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

405
264
141
135
132
102
93
89
65
55
50
49
48
44
37
35
34
31
28
22
21
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BILAT:

17% chance
Suggested:
CORSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SACRE
6% chance
Suggested:
CRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.2% →
CORSE 6.09 bits
11.2% →
SACRE 5.40 bits
6.0% →
CRONE 5.34 bits
5.7% →
ROUSE 5.09 bits
5.6% →
SHOER 5.52 bits
4.3% →
SLANE 4.52 bits
3.9% →
TARTE 4.93 bits
3.8% →
SONDE 4.68 bits
2.8% →
CRUSE 5.09 bits
2.3% →
SLICE 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1L1A1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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