5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BANTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Banter, particularly among men.

Alternative forms: bantz

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 BANTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANTS 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,051 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BA_TS B in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

DROLE SPILE THEIR GOIER POREY ROUET
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANTS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#2,051 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANTS ranks #2,051 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
968
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
152
6 guesses
11
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:
ANST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
29%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

445
204
174
150
132
107
85
83
70
65
61
56
49
47
40
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37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANTS:

19% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
7% chance
Suggested:
SPILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
DROLE 6.10 bits
8.7% →
DROLE 5.39 bits
7.4% →
SPILE 5.38 bits
6.4% →
THEIR 5.36 bits
5.6% →
GOIER 5.16 bits
4.5% →
POREY 4.54 bits
3.6% →
ROUET 4.57 bits
3.5% →
CHARE 4.70 bits
3.0% →
ALERT 4.88 bits
2.8% →
GRICE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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