5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BUNYA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌnjə/

Noun

The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, native to Queensland.

Noun

A traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish

Alternative forms: bunna bunna, bunya bunya, bunyah-bunyah, bunyah

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 BUNYA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUNYA 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,827 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__Y_ B in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRICE CRATE PROLE TOISE CORSE SLIER
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUNYA 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,827 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUNYA ranks #8,827 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
19
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:
ANU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
427
146
146
128
116
103
69
56
51
49
45
44
40
32
30
29
23
19
18
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUNYA:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
18% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
6% chance
Suggested:
PROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
TRICE 6.13 bits
18.1% →
CRATE 5.67 bits
6.2% →
PROLE 4.88 bits
6.2% →
TOISE 5.16 bits
5.4% →
CORSE 5.40 bits
4.9% →
SLIER 4.67 bits
4.4% →
TARSE 4.62 bits
2.9% →
STIRE 4.82 bits
2.4% →
STORE 4.20 bits
2.2% →
TRICE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1N1Y4A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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