5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOINK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɔɪŋk/

Verb

To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk.

“Max was boinking Jane in the bathroom of the bar.”

Verb

To hit or strike.

Noun

A real-world social gathering of computer users.

Noun

Sexual intercourse.

“Max and Jane had a quick boink in the bathroom.”

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 BOINK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOINK 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 272 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,525 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___K B in the 1st position and K in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__K O in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

REAST SALET SATER TALER TRACE SANER
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.28 Entropy (bits)
272 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOINK 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,525 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOINK ranks #6,525 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
13
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
36%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
198
187
175
133
119
82
70
56
51
41
41
37
32
32
28
23
20
20
17
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOINK:

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

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
REAST 6.31 bits
8.4% →
SALET 5.19 bits
7.9% →
SATER 5.33 bits
7.4% →
TALER 4.69 bits
5.6% →
TRACE 5.03 bits
5.0% →
SANER 5.24 bits
3.5% →
CANER 4.39 bits
3.0% →
TALER 5.17 bits
2.4% →
ARSON 4.67 bits
2.2% →
LEAST 4.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1I1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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