5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOOFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊfi/

Adjective

Of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.

“My hair was so boofy this morning it took 10 minutes of brushing to get it looking decent.”

Adjective

Brawny, overtly masculine and rather dim-witted.

“Dave, the big boofy builder, finally solved the mouse problem the big boofy bloke way: by crushing it unceremoniously under his boot.”

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 BOOFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOOFY 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 54.9% of games, misses completely in 45.1%, and leaves about 540 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,865 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__F_ B in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE SLART CRUET CRATE CATER SLANE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.33 Entropy (bits)
540 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOOFY 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,865 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOOFY ranks #13,865 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
657
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
407
6 guesses
25
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
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
40%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1063
231
156
137
130
101
100
51
40
36
25
23
20
19
16
15
13
13
11
11
11
10
10
9
8
7
6
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOOFY:

45% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
CRUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.1% →
RAISE 6.14 bits
9.8% →
SLART 4.83 bits
6.6% →
CRUET 4.87 bits
5.8% →
CRATE 4.91 bits
5.5% →
CATER 5.32 bits
4.3% →
SLANE 5.19 bits
4.2% →
ARIEL 5.40 bits
2.2% →
ALURE 4.93 bits
1.7% →
SLADE 3.61 bits
1.5% →
LEANT 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1F4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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