5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOILS

BOILS 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: /bɔɪlz/

Noun

plural of boil

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of boil

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 BOILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOILS 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,018 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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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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__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE PRATE CADET RANCE CRANE CRATE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOILS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,018 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOILS ranks #1,018 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
991
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ILOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
35%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

437
232
168
162
147
134
102
70
59
54
50
47
45
44
41
36
31
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19
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOILS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
10% chance
Suggested:
PRATE
7% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
TRACE 6.28 bits
9.8% →
PRATE 5.73 bits
7.1% →
CADET 5.19 bits
6.9% →
RANCE 5.32 bits
6.2% →
CRANE 5.43 bits
5.7% →
RANCE 4.70 bits
4.3% →
CRATE 5.17 bits
3.0% →
PEART 4.27 bits
2.5% →
TRAIL 4.38 bits
2.3% →
THANE 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1I1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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