5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOING

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɔɪŋ/

Interjection

A representation of the sound of something bouncing.

Noun

The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.

Noun

Large breasts.

Verb

To make a boing sound or bouncing motion.

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 BOING performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOING 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 71.3% of games, misses completely in 28.7%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,157 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___G B in the 1st position and G in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__G O in the 2nd position and G in the 5th position

Try next

REAST CRATE SALET TALER TRACE SAREE
Words starting with B Words ending with G

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOING 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
0.68 Volatility
#5,157 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOING ranks #5,157 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
8
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:
INO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
33%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

676
188
177
153
141
118
85
75
66
56
53
41
29
28
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27
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOING:

29% chance
Suggested:
REAST
8% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.7% →
REAST 6.32 bits
8.0% →
CRATE 5.40 bits
7.5% →
SALET 5.17 bits
6.5% →
TALER 4.78 bits
6.0% →
TRACE 5.14 bits
5.0% →
SAREE 5.08 bits
3.6% →
ALURE 5.13 bits
3.2% →
CANER 4.41 bits
2.8% →
LEARY 5.02 bits
2.4% →
LEAST 4.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1I1N1G2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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