5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BONUS

Yes, BONUS was the Wordle answer on February 9, 2025 (Wordle #1331).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.nəs//ˈboʊ.nəs//ˈbəʉ.nəs/

Noun

Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

Noun

An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

“The employee of the week receives a bonus for his excellent work.”

Verb

To pay a bonus, premium

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 9, 2025 (#1331).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BONUS performs as a guess

BONUS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,355 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___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 PLATE ARIEL TALER PARLE MARLE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BONUS 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
0.68 Volatility
#4,355 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BONUS ranks #4,355 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
12

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
NOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
B O S O M
B O N U S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BONUS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

609
272
145
144
134
133
67
65
63
63
62
52
39
36
32
22
20
19
19
18
18
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BONUS:

26% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
6% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
TIARE 6.22 bits
11.5% →
PLATE 5.77 bits
6.1% →
ARIEL 5.40 bits
6.1% →
TALER 5.20 bits
5.7% →
PARLE 5.05 bits
5.6% →
MARLE 4.79 bits
2.8% →
CADIE 4.59 bits
2.8% →
SALET 4.43 bits
2.7% →
REACT 4.07 bits
2.7% →
CARLE 5.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1N1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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