5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BONER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% 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.

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___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

Try next

SAULT SLATE SHALT TRACE SAINT STOOL
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.12 Entropy (bits)
131 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 89% of evaluated openers
0.83 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,634 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BONER 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 (3.45 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

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
279
172
139
113
98
93
85
58
53
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50
39
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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
7.3% →
SHALT 5.26 bits
5.9% →
TRACE 4.95 bits
4.8% →
SAINT 5.29 bits
4.2% →
STOOL 5.18 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.59 bits
3.6% →
SAULT 3.67 bits
2.5% →
ANISE 4.60 bits
2.2% →
TROOP 3.73 bits

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.