5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BUNCH

Yes, BUNCH was the Wordle answer on October 5, 2023 (Wordle #838).

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bʌntʃ//bʌnʃ//bʌnt͡ʃ/

Noun

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

“a bunch of grapes”

Noun

The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.

Verb

To gather into a bunch.

Verb

To gather fabric into folds.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 5, 2023 (#838).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BUNCH performs as a guess

BUNCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 65.0% of games, misses completely in 35.0%, and leaves about 351 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,952 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___H B in the 1st position and H in the 5th position B__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE ARIEL CARLE TARSE STOLE LATER
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
351 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUNCH 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,952 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUNCH ranks #6,952 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
862
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
234
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
NU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
27%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
A B A C K
B U N C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BUNCH in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

826
238
146
128
106
98
90
71
57
51
49
47
36
28
28
26
24
23
15
13
13
12
12
10
10
8
8
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUNCH:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
6% chance
Suggested:
CARLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.0% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
10.1% →
ARIEL 5.55 bits
6.2% →
CARLE 5.53 bits
5.4% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
4.5% →
STOLE 5.29 bits
4.2% →
LATER 4.54 bits
3.8% →
SERAL 5.11 bits
3.0% →
SAGER 4.61 bits
2.4% →
STONE 3.97 bits
2.2% →
STRAE 4.80 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1N1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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