Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

BITOS

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

No dictionary definition for BITOS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use BITOS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How BITOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BITOS 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 176 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #3,498 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe BITOS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.68 Entropy (bits)
176 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How BITOS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#3,498 Rank among openers
Opening with BITOS left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.65 average. It ranks #3,498 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

BITOS can come back 98 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

467 answers
239 answers
203 answers
175 answers
142 answers
101 answers
92 answers
71 answers
63 answers
63 answers
63 answers
60 answers
57 answers
47 answers
37 answers
32 answers
30 answers
29 answers
29 answers
23 answers
21 answers
19 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
14 answers
13 answers
11 answers
10 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1T1O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing BITOS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to BITOS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BITOS:

20% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
10.0% →
CARLE 5.27 bits
8.5% →
PARLE 5.59 bits
7.3% →
CRANE 5.59 bits
6.0% →
CRANE 5.38 bits
4.2% →
STARE 4.67 bits
3.9% →
PLANE 4.42 bits
3.0% →
TRINE 4.85 bits
2.6% →
SCORE 4.36 bits
2.6% →
ROUTE 4.37 bits

Research on BITOS

Game-tree analysis and word research for BITOS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with BITOS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,696 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.80 guesses at best and is rank #1,350 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.65, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).