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Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUTTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bʌts/

Noun

plural of butt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of butt

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 BUTTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUTTS 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 63.1% of games, misses completely in 36.9%, and leaves about 399 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,541 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE ARISE CLONE LIANE MARLE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.75 Entropy (bits)
399 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.20 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUTTS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,541 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUTTS ranks #10,541 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
19
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
1 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
24%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

871
295
189
118
104
99
93
60
52
50
47
41
28
25
18
17
14
13
12
11
11
10
10
8
8
7
7
7
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUTTS:

37% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.9% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
12.5% →
RAILE 5.42 bits
8.0% →
TIARE 5.52 bits
5.0% →
ARISE 4.80 bits
4.4% →
CLONE 5.13 bits
4.2% →
LIANE 5.30 bits
3.9% →
MARLE 4.44 bits
2.5% →
CANER 4.74 bits
2.2% →
HAOLE 4.72 bits
2.1% →
RAILE 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1T1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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