5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BOATS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bəʊts//boʊts/

Noun

plural of boat

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of boat

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 BOATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOATS 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 138 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,425 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BO_TS B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

LINER CARLE SLIER THEIR CRINE DROLE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.97 Entropy (bits)
138 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 82% of evaluated openers
0.98 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOATS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOATS ranks #2,425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
170
6 guesses
13
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
35%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
228
156
127
126
126
112
82
70
66
59
56
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48
38
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOATS:

16% chance
Suggested:
LINER
10% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% 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
6.6% →
SLIER 5.25 bits
5.4% →
THEIR 5.29 bits
5.3% →
CRINE 5.32 bits
5.3% →
DROLE 4.47 bits
4.7% →
DRICE 4.92 bits
3.5% →
CARET 4.41 bits
3.0% →
SHULE 4.23 bits
2.8% →
SIENT 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1A1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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