5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BANED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /beɪnd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of bane

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 BANED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANED 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,510 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position BA_ED B in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST TORSE SLART SOLAR SNOUT SATYR
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANED 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
0.69 Volatility
#3,510 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANED ranks #3,510 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,191
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
14
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:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
37%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

109 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

388
249
207
148
130
111
103
59
59
53
50
40
39
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34
29
26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANED:

16% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
HOIST 5.87 bits
10.6% →
TORSE 5.42 bits
8.8% →
SLART 5.42 bits
6.3% →
SLART 5.37 bits
5.5% →
SOLAR 4.12 bits
4.7% →
SNOUT 4.85 bits
4.4% →
SATYR 4.21 bits
2.5% →
SNORE 4.39 bits
2.5% →
SLANG 4.27 bits
2.2% →
DROIT 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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