5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOGAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈboʊɡən/

Noun

An unsophisticated person from a working class background.

Noun

An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.

Verb

To act like a bogan.

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 BOGAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOGAN 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 77.9% of games, misses completely in 22.1%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,804 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___N B in the 1st position and N in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE TRICE CRUET TALER CASTE
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOGAN 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,804 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOGAN ranks #5,804 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
856
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
12
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

520
387
167
141
137
87
83
53
52
51
42
38
36
33
31
27
25
24
24
22
21
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18
18
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13
13
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOGAN:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.1% →
SLIER 6.12 bits
16.4% →
TARSE 5.60 bits
7.1% →
TRICE 5.21 bits
6.0% →
TRICE 5.04 bits
5.8% →
CRUET 4.62 bits
3.7% →
TALER 4.72 bits
3.5% →
CASTE 4.33 bits
2.2% →
SIDLE 4.92 bits
2.2% →
SLIER 4.83 bits
2.2% →
VALOR 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1G2A1N1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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