5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BANDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bændz/

Noun

plural of band

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of band

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 BANDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANDS 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 79.4% of games, misses completely in 20.6%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,893 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__D_ B in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STIRE ALERT PORTE DROLE THALE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANDS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,893 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANDS ranks #3,893 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
905
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
172
6 guesses
11
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)
79%
Green tile
27%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

485
261
233
141
138
126
120
68
65
64
63
52
41
32
31
31
28
23
22
21
21
19
14
14
14
14
13
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANDS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
STIRE
10% chance
Suggested:
ALERT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.6% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
11.1% →
STIRE 5.48 bits
9.9% →
ALERT 5.52 bits
6.0% →
TOILE 5.44 bits
5.9% →
PORTE 4.74 bits
5.3% →
DROLE 5.40 bits
5.1% →
THALE 4.76 bits
2.9% →
GRICE 4.86 bits
2.8% →
TOILE 5.12 bits
2.7% →
TRICE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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