5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOOHS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.0% of possible answers.

Open Solver with BOOHS Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of booh

Noun

plural of booh

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 BOOHS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOOHS 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 63.7% of games, misses completely in 36.3%, and leaves about 401 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,959 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__H_ B in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE CARTE TALER LATER PLANE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
401 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOOHS 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,959 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOOHS ranks #11,959 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
717
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
320
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
29%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

857
342
161
143
119
95
87
80
51
44
34
34
18
18
16
16
15
13
12
12
12
12
10
10
10
10
9
9
8
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOOHS:

36% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
7% chance
Suggested:
CARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.3% →
RAILE 6.23 bits
14.5% →
TIARE 5.63 bits
6.8% →
CARTE 5.71 bits
6.1% →
TALER 4.52 bits
5.0% →
LATER 5.18 bits
4.0% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
3.7% →
PLANE 4.59 bits
3.4% →
SLATE 4.69 bits
2.2% →
TALER 5.02 bits
1.9% →
CRUET 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1H4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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