5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BARNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of barney (“argument or fight”).

Adjective

Barn-like.

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 BARNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BARNY 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 163 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,747 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TOISE SLATE SIDLE TRACE STILE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.81 Entropy (bits)
163 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BARNY 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,747 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BARNY ranks #2,747 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
952
4 guesses
1,141
5 guesses
192
6 guesses
8

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
41%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

411
269
233
135
135
134
84
67
65
52
46
45
38
38
32
31
26
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BARNY:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
TOILE 6.17 bits
11.4% →
TOISE 5.36 bits
9.9% →
SLATE 5.72 bits
5.7% →
SIDLE 4.72 bits
5.7% →
TOILE 5.22 bits
5.7% →
TRACE 4.99 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
TOUSE 5.01 bits
2.8% →
STILE 4.55 bits
2.2% →
SLICE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1R1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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