5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOFFO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 65.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɒfoʊ/

Adjective

Outstanding; very good or successful.

Noun

A great success; a hit.

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 BOFFO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOFFO 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 43.6% of games, misses completely in 56.4%, and leaves about 809 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,750 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.03 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___O B in the 1st position and O in the 5th position B__F_ B in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE SANER TALER RAILE CATER MATEY
Words starting with B Words ending with O

First-turn measures

2.58 Entropy (bits)
809 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
65.7% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOFFO 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.

4.03 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,750 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOFFO ranks #14,750 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
24
3 guesses
510
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
550
6 guesses
44
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:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
44%
Green tile
23%
All gray
56%

Feedback distribution

42 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1330
253
201
122
103
59
40
28
23
20
19
18
16
16
15
14
11
8
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5
5
5
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4
3
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOFFO:

56% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
11% chance
Suggested:
SANER
9% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

56.4% →
RAISE 6.09 bits
10.7% →
SANER 5.23 bits
8.5% →
TALER 4.57 bits
5.2% →
RAILE 5.27 bits
4.4% →
RAILE 5.32 bits
2.5% →
TALER 5.03 bits
1.7% →
CATER 4.55 bits
1.2% →
MATEY 3.57 bits
1.0% →
SLOOP 3.36 bits
0.8% →
CRATE 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1F4F4O1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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