5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BUENA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A female given name.

Proper noun

A borough in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, which takes its name from Buena Vista Township.

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 BUENA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUENA 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 87.0% of games, misses completely in 13.0%, and leaves about 156 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,672 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___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

STORY SIREE SLART SIREN SETER CRUST
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
156 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUENA 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
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,672 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUENA ranks #7,672 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
248
6 guesses
21
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
3 vowels
Common:
AENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

306
300
294
204
91
90
86
78
73
63
48
44
38
38
35
33
29
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUENA:

13% chance
Suggested:
STORY
13% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.0% →
STORY 5.57 bits
12.7% →
SIREE 5.20 bits
12.5% →
SLART 5.33 bits
8.7% →
SLART 5.03 bits
3.9% →
SIREN 4.55 bits
3.8% →
SETER 4.73 bits
3.6% →
CRUST 5.11 bits
3.3% →
SURLY 3.81 bits
3.1% →
SALON 4.44 bits
2.7% →
SCION 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1E1N1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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