5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BONNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Alternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”).

Noun

Alternative spelling of bonnie (“bonfire”).

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 BONNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BONNY 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 62.3% of games, misses completely in 37.7%, and leaves about 408 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,652 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SATER SLART CRUET ARIEL STAGE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.69 Entropy (bits)
408 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BONNY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#12,652 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BONNY ranks #12,652 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
710
4 guesses
1,239
5 guesses
335
6 guesses
28

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
40%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

890
237
211
145
134
98
81
58
52
50
47
25
24
22
21
18
18
17
16
13
13
13
13
12
12
7
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BONNY:

38% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SATER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.7% →
TARSE 6.30 bits
10.0% →
SATER 5.28 bits
8.9% →
SLART 4.92 bits
6.1% →
CRUET 4.90 bits
5.7% →
ARIEL 5.32 bits
4.2% →
STAGE 4.85 bits
3.4% →
SLATE 5.26 bits
2.5% →
SAICE 4.68 bits
2.2% →
ALURE 4.97 bits
2.1% →
DROLE 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1N1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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