5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BANIA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of bunnia.

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 BANIA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANIA 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,611 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL REAST STILE TORSE SOGER STORE
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANIA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,611 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANIA ranks #10,611 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
768
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
298
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
31%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

613
316
267
158
145
82
74
64
63
41
34
30
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26
23
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANIA:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
13% chance
Suggested:
REAST
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SOREL 6.08 bits
13.4% →
REAST 5.58 bits
11.3% →
STILE 5.32 bits
6.7% →
TORSE 4.81 bits
6.1% →
TORSE 5.23 bits
3.5% →
SOGER 4.48 bits
3.1% →
STORE 4.51 bits
2.7% →
TRODE 4.70 bits
2.7% →
ROUET 4.81 bits
1.7% →
COURE 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1I1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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