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

BIZES

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

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 BIZES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIZES 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #11,919 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in BIZES.

First-turn measures

All four describe BIZES 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.

4.11 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 28% of evaluated openers
1.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How BIZES 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#11,919 Rank among openers
Opening with BIZES left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.81 average. It ranks #11,919 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
704
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
313
6 guesses
18
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

BIZES can come back 68 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

497 answers
344 answers
231 answers
192 answers
181 answers
151 answers
91 answers
87 answers
70 answers
57 answers
44 answers
39 answers
33 answers
31 answers
30 answers
26 answers
23 answers
23 answers
21 answers
19 answers
15 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1Z10E1S1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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

Try next

CORAL LEARE SLANT TRAIN OATER SLART

Strategy after playing BIZES

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIZES:

21% chance
Suggested:
CORAL
14% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
CORAL 5.84 bits
14.5% →
LEARE 5.55 bits
9.7% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
8.1% →
TRAIN 5.37 bits
7.6% →
OATER 4.30 bits
6.4% →
SLART 4.97 bits
3.8% →
SALTY 3.72 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.52 bits
2.9% →
STINK 4.36 bits
2.4% →
ROANY 4.82 bits

Research on BIZES

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

Optimal play

Opening with BIZES, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.80 guesses and ranks #10,759 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with BIZES can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.81; proven optimal play reaches 3.80. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

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.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it BYZIHZ. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, BIZES is a kind of business or wind.

Synonyms game

Familiarity and learning

Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (3.2 of 5).

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model; Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).