5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

BONER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.nə(ɹ)//ˈboʊ.nɚ/

Noun

An erect penis.

“Why do guys get boners when they wake up in the morning?”

Noun

One who or that which removes bones.

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.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

First-turn measures

All four describe BONER used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.13 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How BONER 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#1,634 Rank among openers
Opening with BONER solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.61 average. It ranks #1,634 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
957
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
171
6 guesses
10
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
36%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

BONER can come back 112 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

345 answers
279 answers
172 answers
140 answers
115 answers
99 answers
94 answers
86 answers
58 answers
53 answers
52 answers
50 answers
40 answers
33 answers
32 answers
31 answers
30 answers
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28 answers
26 answers
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18 answers
18 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1N1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Try next

SAULT SLATE SHALT TEASE SAINT STOOL

Strategy after playing BONER

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to BONER.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BONER:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SHALT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SAULT 5.89 bits
11.8% →
SLATE 5.89 bits
7.2% →
SHALT 5.26 bits
5.9% →
TEASE 4.76 bits
4.8% →
SAINT 5.29 bits
4.2% →
STOOL 5.17 bits
4.0% →
SALTY 4.60 bits
3.6% →
SAULT 3.72 bits
2.4% →
ANISE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
TROOP 3.73 bits