5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BANTZ

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of bants.

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 BANTZ performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANTZ 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,030 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__Z A in the 2nd position and Z in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER PEARL SHIER GOIER SOREL SLART
Words starting with B Words ending with Z

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANTZ 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
0.68 Volatility
#10,030 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANTZ ranks #10,030 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,276
5 guesses
250
6 guesses
17
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:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
28%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
286
238
178
131
110
82
71
65
62
56
40
31
29
24
24
24
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20
16
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12
12
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8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANTZ:

27% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
12% chance
Suggested:
PEARL
10% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
SOLER 5.94 bits
12.1% →
PEARL 5.38 bits
10.1% →
SHIER 5.60 bits
7.5% →
GOIER 5.14 bits
5.6% →
SOREL 4.78 bits
4.7% →
SLART 5.03 bits
3.5% →
GRISE 4.72 bits
3.0% →
DRICE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
SHORE 4.70 bits
2.6% →
ROULE 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1T1Z10
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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