5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOORD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete form of board.

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 BOORD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOORD 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 65.9% of games, misses completely in 34.1%, and leaves about 356 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,121 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE TEASE TUILE DIANE THALE STALE
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
356 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOORD 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#9,121 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOORD ranks #9,121 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
799
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
21

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
35%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

804
357
114
110
85
84
70
69
59
51
45
43
40
33
32
23
22
21
19
18
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14
11
9
9
8
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOORD:

34% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
15% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
5% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.1% →
SLANE 6.28 bits
15.1% →
TEASE 5.42 bits
4.8% →
TUILE 4.63 bits
4.7% →
DIANE 5.14 bits
3.6% →
THALE 4.87 bits
3.6% →
STALE 4.86 bits
3.0% →
TALON 5.11 bits
2.9% →
ALINE 4.96 bits
2.5% →
CASTE 3.92 bits
2.2% →
DIANE 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1R1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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