Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

BOETI

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

No dictionary definition for BOETI is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use BOETI in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How BOETI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOETI 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 87.6% of games, misses completely in 12.4%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #6,606 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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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First-turn measures

All four describe BOETI used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.87 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How BOETI 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#6,606 Rank among openers
Opening with BOETI solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.70 average. It ranks #6,606 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EIOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
31%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

BOETI can come back 88 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

299 answers
295 answers
190 answers
145 answers
137 answers
105 answers
98 answers
92 answers
89 answers
83 answers
70 answers
66 answers
55 answers
48 answers
38 answers
35 answers
34 answers
30 answers
29 answers
27 answers
26 answers
23 answers
22 answers
21 answers
20 answers
16 answers
16 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1E1T1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing BOETI

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to BOETI.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOETI:

13% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
12% chance
Suggested:
SNARL
8% chance
Suggested:
CLARY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
LEARE 5.54 bits
12.4% →
SNARL 5.63 bits
8.0% →
CLARY 5.08 bits
6.1% →
RINSE 4.77 bits
5.7% →
ARSON 5.16 bits
4.4% →
CLARY 4.66 bits
4.1% →
SCANT 4.96 bits
3.9% →
SHART 4.66 bits
3.7% →
SLEER 4.45 bits
3.5% →
LEARE 5.02 bits

Research on BOETI

Game-tree analysis and word research for BOETI, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with BOETI, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.71 guesses and ranks #5,310 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.83 guesses at best and is rank #2,357 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.70, at or below the proven-optimal 3.71, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).