5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOGIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.ɡi//ˈboʊ.ɡi/

Noun

A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.

Noun

One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.

Alternative forms: bogey, bogy, boagie

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 BOGIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOGIE 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 84.6% of games, misses completely in 15.4%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,298 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART RESET SLATY ARSON CLARY DINER
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOGIE 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,298 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOGIE ranks #5,298 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,158
5 guesses
230
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
41%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

362
333
179
161
155
129
77
76
71
52
46
44
44
35
34
33
31
29
27
23
19
18
17
17
17
16
16
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOGIE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
RESET
8% chance
Suggested:
SLATY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.4% →
SLART 5.90 bits
14.1% →
RESET 5.42 bits
7.6% →
SLATY 5.01 bits
6.8% →
ARSON 4.98 bits
6.6% →
SLART 5.20 bits
5.5% →
CLARY 4.69 bits
3.3% →
DINER 4.72 bits
3.2% →
SLANT 4.82 bits
3.0% →
SLANT 4.23 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1G2I1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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