5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BOERS

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname from Dutch.

Noun

plural of Boer

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 BOERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOERS 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 129 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,722 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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

PAINT LIANE PATEE SLANT TRIAD TODAY
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
129 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOERS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,722 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOERS ranks #4,722 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
20
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:
EORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
32%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
249
189
175
121
105
95
84
73
58
48
48
45
37
35
35
32
32
31
30
30
29
24
22
20
19
18
17
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOERS:

14% chance
Suggested:
PAINT
11% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
8% chance
Suggested:
PATEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
PAINT 5.73 bits
10.6% →
LIANE 5.43 bits
8.0% →
PATEE 4.71 bits
7.4% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
5.1% →
TRIAD 5.11 bits
4.5% →
TODAY 3.93 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.79 bits
3.6% →
TALON 4.95 bits
3.1% →
APRON 3.94 bits
2.5% →
THALE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1E1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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