5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BANYA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːnjə/

Noun

A type of steam bath, popular in Russia (and in some parts of Alaska as well).

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 BANYA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BANYA 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 335 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,585 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__Y_ B in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE SLATE SIDLE CLOTE GRISE TOILE
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.83 Entropy (bits)
335 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BANYA 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,585 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BANYA ranks #11,585 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
719
4 guesses
1,295
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
18
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
26%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

746
327
208
197
122
91
68
65
60
41
38
33
29
28
27
20
19
18
18
18
14
14
11
11
10
10
10
9
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BANYA:

32% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
TOISE 6.12 bits
13.9% →
SLATE 5.64 bits
8.8% →
TOISE 5.44 bits
8.4% →
SIDLE 4.72 bits
5.2% →
CLOTE 4.73 bits
3.9% →
GRISE 4.56 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 5.05 bits
2.8% →
TRICE 4.39 bits
2.5% →
SLART 3.62 bits
1.7% →
SLART 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1N1Y4A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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