5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BANES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /beɪnz/

Noun

plural of bane

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative 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 BANES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANES 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,446 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BA_ES B in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TRICE TRAIL SPILT OLDER DEALT
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANES 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,446 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANES ranks #3,446 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
35%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
205
158
150
132
129
97
93
90
76
52
51
50
39
37
37
37
36
33
26
26
24
24
22
21
20
20
18
18
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANES:

13% chance
Suggested:
COURT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
COURT 5.68 bits
8.7% →
TRICE 5.40 bits
6.7% →
TRAIL 5.26 bits
6.4% →
SPILT 5.11 bits
5.6% →
OLDER 4.19 bits
5.5% →
DEALT 4.90 bits
4.1% →
PARTY 4.23 bits
3.9% →
PORTE 4.74 bits
3.8% →
IRONY 4.80 bits
3.2% →
SHALT 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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