5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BINKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪŋki/

Noun

A stuffed animal, pillow, blanket, or toy that a small child is more attached to than any other, and often sleeps with.

Noun

A baby's pacifier.

Verb

To perform a high hop, as when happy.

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 BINKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BINKY 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 65.0% of games, misses completely in 35.0%, and leaves about 362 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,398 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SORAL SOARE SALET ATONE SERAL
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.86 Entropy (bits)
362 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 17% of evaluated openers
2.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BINKY 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,398 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BINKY ranks #11,398 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
762
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
301
6 guesses
23
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
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
32%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

825
235
198
183
102
94
76
65
57
57
38
32
28
26
23
21
20
19
19
18
17
17
16
14
14
13
9
7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BINKY:

35% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.0% →
TARSE 6.39 bits
10.0% →
TARSE 5.46 bits
8.4% →
SORAL 4.96 bits
7.8% →
SOARE 5.45 bits
4.3% →
SALET 4.59 bits
4.0% →
ATONE 4.63 bits
3.2% →
SERAL 5.21 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.90 bits
2.4% →
CARTE 4.76 bits
2.4% →
TASER 5.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1N1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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