5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BANCS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of banc

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 BANCS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANCS 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 183 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,897 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STIRE ALERT GOIER TRIPE STARE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
183 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANCS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#1,897 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANCS ranks #1,897 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
965
4 guesses
1,178
5 guesses
145
6 guesses
12
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
1 vowels
Common:
ANS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

484
245
223
151
119
105
98
66
65
60
60
49
47
40
31
31
30
25
23
22
22
21
21
19
18
18
17
16
15
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANCS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
9% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
TOILE 6.05 bits
10.4% →
STIRE 5.52 bits
9.5% →
ALERT 5.65 bits
6.4% →
GOIER 5.35 bits
5.0% →
TRIPE 4.56 bits
4.5% →
STARE 4.82 bits
4.2% →
LOURE 5.41 bits
2.8% →
TOILE 5.09 bits
2.8% →
GRONE 4.70 bits
2.5% →
ROUTE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1C3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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