5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BOLAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their legs.

Noun

A sticky thread whirled around by certain spiders to catch prey.

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 BOLAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOLAS 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,765 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRICE CRINE TRUCE PRATE PAIRE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.84 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 74% of evaluated openers
1.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOLAS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,765 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOLAS ranks #1,765 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,122
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
11
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:
ALOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

387
284
184
134
133
131
121
106
69
53
43
40
37
36
34
34
32
28
26
25
20
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16
15
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12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOLAS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRICE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
TRINE 6.12 bits
12.0% →
TRICE 5.59 bits
7.8% →
TRINE 5.56 bits
5.7% →
TRINE 5.38 bits
5.6% →
CRINE 5.02 bits
5.6% →
TRUCE 4.74 bits
5.1% →
PRATE 4.88 bits
4.5% →
PAIRE 4.53 bits
2.9% →
CRUET 4.05 bits
2.2% →
MANOR 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1L1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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