5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BANKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋks//ˈbeɪ̯ŋks//ˈbɛ̃ŋks/

Noun

plural of bank

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bank

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 BANKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANKS 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,106 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BA_KS B in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT PORTE GOIER TRICE STALE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANKS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,106 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANKS ranks #6,106 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
197
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)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

599
265
241
155
147
113
68
68
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59
44
37
30
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27
25
25
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANKS:

25% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
TOILE 6.05 bits
11.2% →
ALERT 5.62 bits
10.2% →
PORTE 5.61 bits
6.6% →
GOIER 5.32 bits
6.2% →
TRICE 4.69 bits
4.8% →
STALE 4.84 bits
2.9% →
COURE 4.42 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 5.07 bits
2.8% →
GRICE 4.81 bits
2.5% →
ROUET 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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