5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BYSSI

BYSSI 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

Noun

plural of byssus

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 BYSSI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BYSSI 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 65.8% of games, misses completely in 34.2%, and leaves about 399 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,281 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___I B in the 1st position and I in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _Y__I Y in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE TRONE PEART PARLE OLATE TRINE
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.45 Entropy (bits)
399 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BYSSI 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#13,281 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BYSSI ranks #13,281 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
655
4 guesses
1,310
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
18%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

56 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

806
385
250
218
92
87
80
58
53
34
30
26
22
22
20
19
19
12
12
10
9
8
8
7
7
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BYSSI:

34% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
PEART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.2% →
ROATE 6.09 bits
16.3% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
10.6% →
PEART 5.42 bits
9.2% →
PARLE 5.00 bits
3.9% →
OLATE 5.11 bits
3.7% →
TRINE 4.52 bits
3.4% →
LOURE 4.83 bits
2.5% →
PALET 3.60 bits
2.2% →
ALURE 5.06 bits
1.4% →
TALER 3.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3Y4S1S1I1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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