5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BUDES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% 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 BUDES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUDES 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,175 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL REATE SLANT ROANY SLART DRAIN
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUDES 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,175 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUDES ranks #6,175 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
13
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:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

484
311
227
174
152
93
80
73
70
48
47
44
41
37
27
23
22
22
22
19
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUDES:

21% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
13% chance
Suggested:
REATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
CAROL 6.01 bits
13.2% →
REATE 5.49 bits
9.6% →
SLANT 5.15 bits
7.4% →
ROANY 4.18 bits
6.4% →
SLART 4.90 bits
3.9% →
DRAIN 5.21 bits
3.4% →
COUNT 4.91 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.22 bits
3.0% →
REATE 4.70 bits
2.0% →
STUNK 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1D2E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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