5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOLDS

BOLDS 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

Noun

plural of bold

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bold

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 BOLDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOLDS 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 76.6% of games, misses completely in 23.4%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,634 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__D_ B in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE CRANE DINER CARTE THALE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.40 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOLDS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#2,634 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOLDS ranks #2,634 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
9
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
26%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

551
303
239
152
126
113
77
71
49
41
39
38
36
34
33
32
30
26
25
18
17
15
15
15
13
13
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOLDS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.4% →
TIARE 6.26 bits
12.8% →
TIARE 5.69 bits
10.1% →
RAINE 5.46 bits
6.4% →
CRANE 5.39 bits
5.3% →
DINER 5.51 bits
4.8% →
CARTE 4.81 bits
3.3% →
THALE 4.73 bits
3.0% →
PEART 4.27 bits
2.1% →
TRACE 4.99 bits
1.7% →
RAILE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1L1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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