5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BONCE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɒns/

Noun

The human head.

Noun

A large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce about, bonce-eye, and French bonce.

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 BONCE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BONCE 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #737 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART STAIR SAINT SALTY ARIEL CLAIM
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.95 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BONCE 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#737 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BONCE ranks #737 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
1,006
4 guesses
1,095
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
42%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
294
192
134
119
100
83
79
49
48
47
38
36
35
34
33
31
27
26
24
24
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22
21
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18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BONCE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
12% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SLART 6.06 bits
12.5% →
STAIR 5.37 bits
8.1% →
SLART 5.36 bits
5.7% →
SLART 5.20 bits
5.0% →
SAINT 5.33 bits
4.2% →
SALTY 4.61 bits
3.5% →
ARIEL 4.58 bits
3.3% →
CLAIM 5.08 bits
2.1% →
SAULT 4.39 bits
2.0% →
ARSON 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1N1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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