5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUNGS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bung

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bung

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 BUNGS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUNGS 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 67.4% of games, misses completely in 32.6%, and leaves about 339 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,236 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__G_ B in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER STALE ARIEL RAILE CLOTE OLATE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.99 Entropy (bits)
339 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUNGS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,236 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUNGS ranks #8,236 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
NSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
23%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

768
354
173
92
88
82
78
77
69
56
51
49
43
28
26
18
16
15
14
14
14
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12
10
10
10
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUNGS:

33% chance
Suggested:
TALER
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.6% →
TALER 6.14 bits
15.0% →
STALE 5.69 bits
7.3% →
ARIEL 5.54 bits
3.9% →
RAILE 5.21 bits
3.7% →
CLOTE 5.45 bits
3.5% →
OLATE 5.07 bits
3.3% →
CADIE 4.68 bits
3.3% →
MARLE 4.44 bits
2.9% →
RAINE 4.46 bits
2.4% →
ARIEL 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1N1G2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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