5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOLTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bəʊlts//bɒlts//boʊlts/

Noun

plural of bolt

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of bolt

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 BOLTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOLTS 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,131 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__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BO_TS B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAINE SNARE CARET CRANE RANCE REAST
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.74 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 68% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOLTS 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
0.68 Volatility
#2,131 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOLTS ranks #2,131 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
970
4 guesses
1,136
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
14
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:
LOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

463
225
208
188
141
107
94
62
56
48
45
45
41
38
37
32
29
29
28
27
27
24
16
15
14
14
13
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOLTS:

20% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
9% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
RAINE 6.13 bits
9.5% →
RAINE 5.48 bits
8.8% →
SNARE 5.42 bits
8.0% →
CARET 5.50 bits
6.0% →
CRANE 5.49 bits
4.5% →
RANCE 4.71 bits
4.0% →
REAST 4.76 bits
2.6% →
PLANE 4.47 bits
2.4% →
RAINY 4.61 bits
2.0% →
PLEAT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1L1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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