5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BENTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛntəʊ//ˈbɛnˌtoʊ/

Noun

A Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.

Noun

Synonym of bento box (“a partitioned, traditionally lacquered, lunchbox in which a Japanese takeaway lunch is served”).

Alternative forms: bentō

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 BENTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BENTO 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 85.2% of games, misses completely in 14.8%, and leaves about 145 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,744 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___O B in the 1st position and O in the 5th position B__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SCALY RAISE COLOR SHIRT LAREE LEARE
Words starting with B Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
145 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BENTO 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
0.69 Volatility
#3,744 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BENTO ranks #3,744 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
892
4 guesses
1,193
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
10
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

350
302
188
138
114
102
99
88
76
74
63
49
47
40
34
34
32
31
29
25
22
21
20
20
19
18
18
18
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BENTO:

15% chance
Suggested:
SCALY
13% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
COLOR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.8% →
SCALY 5.67 bits
12.8% →
RAISE 5.40 bits
8.0% →
COLOR 5.06 bits
5.9% →
SHIRT 5.29 bits
4.8% →
LAREE 4.84 bits
4.3% →
LEARE 4.67 bits
4.2% →
WORSE 4.41 bits
3.7% →
SLANG 4.86 bits
3.2% →
RAILE 4.57 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1N1T1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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