5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOOED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /buːd/

Verb

simple past and past participle of boo

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 BOOED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOOED 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 283 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,007 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position BO_ED B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLART STAIR CLARY SLANT MANOR
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
283 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOOED 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,007 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOOED ranks #10,007 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
770
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
282
6 guesses
16
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
40%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
443
185
112
96
84
76
69
52
50
42
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOOED:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
19% chance
Suggested:
SLART
8% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
SAINT 6.07 bits
18.8% →
SLART 5.87 bits
7.8% →
STAIR 4.66 bits
4.7% →
CLARY 4.68 bits
4.1% →
SLANT 4.88 bits
3.6% →
MANOR 5.10 bits
3.2% →
GEARE 4.54 bits
2.9% →
DRAIN 4.69 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.63 bits
2.1% →
SLART 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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