5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOOLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bool

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 BOOLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOOLS 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 70.0% of games, misses completely in 30.0%, and leaves about 309 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,603 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE TRUCE MANOR DAINE CRANE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
309 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOOLS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,603 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOOLS ranks #9,603 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
15

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
34%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

707
330
246
127
108
83
70
61
59
51
40
38
36
35
32
26
19
16
15
13
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOOLS:

30% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
14% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.0% →
TIARE 6.26 bits
14.0% →
TIARE 5.69 bits
10.4% →
RAINE 5.41 bits
5.4% →
TRUCE 4.80 bits
4.6% →
MANOR 5.21 bits
3.5% →
DAINE 4.68 bits
3.0% →
CRANE 4.78 bits
2.6% →
IRATE 5.11 bits
2.5% →
SPANE 4.68 bits
2.2% →
CRUET 4.15 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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