5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOKEH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.kə//ˈbəʊˌkeɪ//ˈboʊ.kə/

Noun

A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.

Alternative forms: boke

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 BOKEH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOKEH 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,864 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___H B in the 1st position and H in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL SLART STAIR ARSON LAIRY SLACK
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOKEH 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#9,864 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOKEH ranks #9,864 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,262
5 guesses
264
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

71 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

476
418
192
192
133
87
74
73
68
59
45
41
39
33
28
28
25
24
22
22
21
20
18
17
16
13
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13
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOKEH:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TRAIL 6.03 bits
17.7% →
SLART 5.73 bits
8.1% →
STAIR 4.54 bits
8.1% →
ARSON 5.21 bits
5.6% →
LAIRY 4.39 bits
3.7% →
SLACK 4.90 bits
3.1% →
TRONE 4.33 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.79 bits
2.9% →
SALTY 4.46 bits
2.5% →
SHART 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1K5E1H4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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