5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BANTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

bantam (small, but aggressive)

“He strutted like a banty rooster.”

Noun

A bantam.

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 BANTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANTY 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,805 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLICE SHIER POIRE MOILE SLART
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANTY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,805 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANTY ranks #3,805 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
37%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
258
224
153
142
104
95
76
53
53
49
41
37
33
32
26
25
23
22
22
20
20
19
16
15
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANTY:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
11% chance
Suggested:
SLICE
9% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
SLIER 6.11 bits
10.9% →
SLICE 5.47 bits
9.5% →
SHIER 5.63 bits
6.5% →
POIRE 5.24 bits
6.0% →
MOILE 4.53 bits
4.4% →
SLART 4.99 bits
4.0% →
SOREL 4.69 bits
3.2% →
GRISE 4.70 bits
2.2% →
GOIER 4.67 bits
2.2% →
CRISE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1T1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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