5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BINIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.nɪt/

Noun

A bit, or binary digit.

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 BINIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BINIT 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 66.5% of games, misses completely in 33.5%, and leaves about 334 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,686 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOARE CARLE SCARE ALURE SOLED CADRE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
334 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BINIT 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,686 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BINIT ranks #9,686 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,202
5 guesses
269
6 guesses
24
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:
INT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
34%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

790
247
192
128
116
82
81
70
61
57
53
32
32
32
29
27
25
20
17
15
15
14
14
13
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10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BINIT:

34% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.5% →
SOARE 6.14 bits
10.5% →
SOARE 5.71 bits
8.1% →
SOARE 5.42 bits
5.4% →
CARLE 5.01 bits
4.9% →
SCARE 5.32 bits
3.5% →
ALURE 5.09 bits
3.4% →
SOLED 4.38 bits
3.0% →
CADRE 4.74 bits
2.6% →
SARGE 4.25 bits
2.4% →
CARLE 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1N1I1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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