5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOBAK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The bobak marmot (Marmota bobak).

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 BOBAK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOBAK 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 382 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,971 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___K B in the 1st position and K in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__K O in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SILER TARSE TRINE CRUET TALER TALON
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

3.50 Entropy (bits)
382 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOBAK 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,971 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOBAK ranks #13,971 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
628
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
413
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
30%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

712
513
237
208
105
77
67
46
39
37
32
27
21
18
17
17
15
14
13
10
10
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9
9
8
8
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOBAK:

30% chance
Suggested:
SILER
22% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
SILER 5.94 bits
21.7% →
TARSE 5.50 bits
10.0% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
8.8% →
CRUET 4.69 bits
4.5% →
TALER 4.77 bits
3.3% →
TALON 4.44 bits
2.8% →
SLIER 4.85 bits
1.9% →
CRUSE 4.57 bits
1.7% →
SPILE 4.54 bits
1.6% →
SLADE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1B3A1K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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