5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BUNAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of Buna

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 BUNAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUNAS 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,600 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE CARLE SPITE THALE GOIER TRINE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUNAS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,600 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUNAS ranks #4,600 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
878
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
326
209
134
128
85
84
83
81
56
53
47
42
42
32
31
29
27
25
25
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUNAS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SPITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TOILE 5.96 bits
13.8% →
CARLE 5.47 bits
8.9% →
SPITE 5.48 bits
5.7% →
THALE 4.95 bits
5.4% →
GOIER 5.11 bits
3.6% →
TRINE 4.80 bits
3.6% →
CLOTE 5.32 bits
3.5% →
CLOTE 4.73 bits
3.4% →
CRIME 4.24 bits
2.4% →
CROME 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1N1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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