5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BINGY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪŋ.i/

Adjective

Of milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.

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 BINGY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BINGY 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 342 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,086 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__G_ B in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRACE SORAL SOARE ARGUE CADET
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.03 Entropy (bits)
342 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BINGY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,086 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BINGY ranks #7,086 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
834
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
33%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

799
242
191
186
79
79
76
73
56
47
35
33
29
27
23
21
21
20
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9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BINGY:

34% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
TARSE 6.36 bits
10.3% →
TRACE 5.49 bits
8.1% →
SORAL 5.01 bits
7.9% →
SOARE 5.41 bits
3.3% →
ARGUE 5.26 bits
3.3% →
CADET 4.61 bits
3.2% →
OLATE 5.17 bits
3.1% →
ATONE 4.63 bits
2.4% →
TASER 5.09 bits
2.0% →
CARTE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1N1G2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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