5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BUNCE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A bonus; additional pay; money.

Verb

To obtain money from, by trickery.

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 BUNCE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUNCE 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 190 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,498 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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 _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST STAIR SLART CORAL ARIEL CATER
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
190 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUNCE 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,498 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUNCE ranks #2,498 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
945
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
38%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

107 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
321
197
138
103
94
77
74
55
49
48
46
41
35
34
30
27
25
23
20
20
20
20
20
18
17
17
16
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUNCE:

20% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
14% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
13.6% →
STAIR 5.27 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.33 bits
5.9% →
ROAST 5.31 bits
4.4% →
CORAL 5.20 bits
4.0% →
ARIEL 4.50 bits
3.3% →
SLART 4.30 bits
3.1% →
SLART 5.05 bits
2.3% →
CATER 4.59 bits
2.1% →
SHALT 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1N1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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