5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BANKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ.ki/

Noun

A child's blanket.

Adjective

Hilly; sloping.

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 BANKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANKY 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 294 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,736 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLART SIDLE CLOTE GRISE TRICE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.10 Entropy (bits)
294 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANKY 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,736 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANKY ranks #9,736 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
771
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
265
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:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
36%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

684
344
181
159
134
78
65
62
54
51
38
38
32
29
27
27
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANKY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
TOISE 6.14 bits
14.6% →
SLART 5.64 bits
7.7% →
TOISE 5.45 bits
6.7% →
SIDLE 4.58 bits
5.7% →
CLOTE 4.73 bits
3.3% →
GRISE 4.76 bits
2.8% →
TRICE 4.39 bits
2.6% →
ROUET 5.01 bits
2.3% →
COURE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
SLART 3.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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