5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BOARS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɔɹz//bɔːz/

Noun

plural of boar

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 BOARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOARS 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 85.9% of games, misses completely in 14.1%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,145 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LITHE CLINE TRIED STILE TUILE PALET
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOARS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,145 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOARS ranks #3,145 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
9
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:
AORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
35%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

333
216
188
168
109
97
86
82
79
75
65
59
55
54
54
45
44
30
27
24
23
23
21
19
19
17
16
16
15
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOARS:

14% chance
Suggested:
LITHE
9% chance
Suggested:
CLINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRIED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.1% →
LITHE 5.86 bits
9.2% →
CLINE 5.24 bits
8.0% →
TRIED 5.16 bits
7.1% →
STILE 5.38 bits
4.6% →
TUILE 4.32 bits
4.1% →
PALET 4.54 bits
3.6% →
CLINE 5.06 bits
3.5% →
THALE 4.21 bits
3.4% →
CLINE 4.89 bits
3.2% →
TRINE 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1A1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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