5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUNDY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A tree, Eucalyptus goniocalyx

Noun

A time clock.

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 BUNDY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUNDY 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 63.7% of games, misses completely in 36.3%, and leaves about 375 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,491 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__D_ B in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TIARE SLART ARIEL TORSE OLATE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
375 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUNDY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,491 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUNDY ranks #7,491 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
18
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)
64%
Green tile
32%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

855
231
172
147
140
78
74
71
51
44
36
32
27
25
25
23
18
18
18
18
14
14
13
12
11
10
10
10
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUNDY:

36% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.3% →
TARSE 6.40 bits
9.8% →
TIARE 5.57 bits
7.3% →
SLART 5.07 bits
6.2% →
ARIEL 5.69 bits
5.9% →
TORSE 5.45 bits
3.3% →
OLATE 5.27 bits
3.1% →
SATER 4.80 bits
3.0% →
SAICE 4.74 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.23 bits
1.9% →
LABOR 4.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1N1D2Y4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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