5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BUNCO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌŋkəʊ/

Noun

A swindle or confidence trick.

Noun

A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.

Verb

To swindle (someone).

Alternative forms: bunko

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 BUNCO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUNCO 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,680 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___O B in the 1st position and O in the 5th position B__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOLER SLIER CRATE SPALE SIREN
Words starting with B Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUNCO 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,680 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUNCO ranks #5,680 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
210
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:
NOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
26%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

702
274
174
121
96
89
88
68
67
55
55
48
38
32
28
25
19
19
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18
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUNCO:

30% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
TARSE 6.39 bits
11.6% →
SOLER 5.25 bits
7.4% →
SLIER 5.27 bits
5.1% →
CRATE 5.34 bits
4.1% →
SPALE 4.58 bits
3.8% →
SIREN 4.43 bits
3.7% →
SALET 5.32 bits
2.9% →
THALE 4.96 bits
2.8% →
SERAL 5.02 bits
2.3% →
CARLE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1N1C3O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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