5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

BOAST

Yes, BOAST was the Wordle answer on December 16, 2024 (Wordle #1276).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bəʊst//boʊst/

Noun

A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.

Noun

Something that one brags about.

“It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.”

Verb

To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

Verb

(used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 16, 2024 (#1276).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BOAST performs as a guess

BOAST is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 131 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #903 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LINER CARLE SLIER CRINE DROLE DRICE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.14 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 90% of evaluated openers
0.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOAST 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#903 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOAST ranks #903 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
982
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
150
6 guesses
14
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:
AOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
41%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B A S I C
B O A S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BOAST in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
228
132
126
126
112
105
69
59
57
50
49
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOAST:

16% chance
Suggested:
LINER
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
LINER 5.98 bits
9.7% →
CARLE 5.37 bits
5.6% →
SLIER 5.08 bits
5.3% →
CRINE 5.32 bits
5.3% →
DROLE 4.47 bits
4.7% →
DRICE 4.92 bits
4.5% →
TITHE 5.23 bits
2.9% →
CATER 4.60 bits
2.5% →
ACORN 4.48 bits
2.4% →
URINE 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1A1S1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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