5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOAKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of boak

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 BOAKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOAKS 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 78.9% of games, misses completely in 21.1%, and leaves about 208 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,715 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BO_KS B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TALER STIRE TRUCE TRICE SALET
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
208 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOAKS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,715 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOAKS ranks #7,715 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
828
4 guesses
1,215
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
12
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
33%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

497
311
201
164
161
132
84
84
70
69
62
40
37
28
26
25
23
19
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOAKS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
13% chance
Suggested:
TALER
9% chance
Suggested:
STIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.1% →
TRINE 6.00 bits
13.2% →
TALER 5.45 bits
8.5% →
STIRE 5.41 bits
7.0% →
TRUCE 4.60 bits
6.8% →
TRINE 5.33 bits
5.6% →
TRICE 5.15 bits
3.6% →
SALET 4.75 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.20 bits
3.0% →
TALON 4.36 bits
2.9% →
PEART 3.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1A1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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