5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BHANG

BHANG 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

Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ/[ˈbæŋ]/ˈbeɪ̯ŋ/

Noun

A preparation made from the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, traditionally consumed in food or drink, especially during Hindu festivals such as Holi.

Noun

Cannabis or its preparations generally.

Alternative forms: bang, bangue, benj

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 BHANG performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BHANG 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 72.3% of games, misses completely in 27.7%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,473 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___G B in the 1st position and G in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _H__G H in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER SIREN STIRE DROLE SOUTH
Words starting with B Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BHANG 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#7,473 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BHANG ranks #7,473 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
832
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
9

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
29%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

653
319
166
144
97
96
78
76
66
60
41
39
35
35
33
28
27
24
23
22
22
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19
19
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13
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BHANG:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TALER
7% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.7% →
TOILE 6.06 bits
13.5% →
TALER 5.61 bits
7.0% →
SIREN 5.18 bits
6.1% →
STIRE 5.14 bits
4.1% →
DROLE 5.30 bits
4.1% →
SOUTH 5.00 bits
3.3% →
LANCE 4.56 bits
3.2% →
CRISE 5.11 bits
2.8% →
DROLE 4.91 bits
2.5% →
TOISE 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3H4A1N1G2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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