5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOBOL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 76.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

organized fraud; corruption

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 BOBOL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOBOL 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 55.3% of games, misses completely in 44.7%, and leaves about 553 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,368 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 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___L B in the 1st position and L in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SAICE TRINE CRUET REAST IRATE
Words starting with B Words ending with L

First-turn measures

3.18 Entropy (bits)
553 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
76.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOBOL 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,368 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOBOL ranks #14,368 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
584
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
439
6 guesses
35
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
30%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1053
325
188
161
104
73
61
42
41
39
25
23
20
20
18
13
12
12
11
8
8
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6
6
5
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOBOL:

45% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
14% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

44.7% →
TIARE 6.25 bits
13.8% →
SAICE 5.43 bits
8.0% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
6.8% →
CRUET 4.87 bits
4.4% →
REAST 4.69 bits
3.1% →
IRATE 5.16 bits
2.6% →
MARSE 4.59 bits
1.8% →
ALINE 4.04 bits
1.7% →
CASTE 4.17 bits
1.7% →
SALLE 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1B3O1L1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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