5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOLUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊləs/

Noun

A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.

Noun

A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.

Verb

To administer (a drug) in bolus dosing, that is, dosing in (one or more) boluses.

Verb

To take a bolus (dose) of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes.

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 BOLUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOLUS 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,302 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__U_ B in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE PEART CRANE RANCE STANE THALE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOLUS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,302 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOLUS ranks #4,302 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
914
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
192
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
2 vowels
Common:
LOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

560
252
222
166
124
118
69
68
68
54
48
40
39
37
33
27
26
24
23
19
15
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOLUS:

24% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
PEART
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
TIARE 6.20 bits
10.7% →
PEART 5.75 bits
9.4% →
TIARE 5.40 bits
7.0% →
CRANE 5.45 bits
5.3% →
RANCE 4.85 bits
5.0% →
RANCE 4.63 bits
2.9% →
STANE 4.41 bits
2.9% →
THALE 4.77 bits
2.9% →
TRONE 4.22 bits
2.3% →
NAICE 4.23 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1L1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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