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5-letter words starting with BAN
There are 11 5-letter words starting with BAN in the standard word-game list. The most common are bangs, banjo, banal, banco, bandy, banes. Every five-letter word here is a valid Wordle guess, and the commonest ones are the likeliest answers.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| bangs | Hair hanging over the forehead. | 8 |
| banjo | a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body | 14 |
| banal | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | 7 |
| banco | Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court. | 9 |
| bandy | have legs that curve outward at the knees | 11 |
| banes | Passive form of bane (Etymology 3) | 7 |
| banns | a public announcement of a proposed marriage | 7 |
| banty | Bantam (small, but aggressive) | 10 |