5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOOKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bʊks/

Noun

plural of book

Noun

Accounting records.

“We still have to do this month's books.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of book

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 BOOKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOOKS 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 60.2% of games, misses completely in 39.8%, and leaves about 466 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,401 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BO_KS B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STARE TALER LATER GRATE CARLE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.47 Entropy (bits)
466 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOOKS 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,401 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOOKS ranks #13,401 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
674
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
373
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
30%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

940
370
170
128
96
89
69
52
51
43
38
27
20
16
15
14
14
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14
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8
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOOKS:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
16% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.8% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
15.7% →
STARE 5.63 bits
7.2% →
TALER 4.50 bits
5.4% →
LATER 5.20 bits
4.1% →
RAILE 5.26 bits
3.8% →
GRATE 4.70 bits
2.9% →
CARLE 5.14 bits
2.2% →
TALER 5.06 bits
2.2% →
CRUET 4.14 bits
1.8% →
LEANT 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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