5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOORS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of boor

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 BOORS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOORS 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 281 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,924 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE CADET STALE LEANT SETAE THALE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
281 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.81 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOORS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,924 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOORS ranks #10,924 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
776
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
27
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
33%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

628
340
315
119
82
73
68
68
52
48
48
43
40
33
33
29
27
18
16
14
13
12
12
11
11
10
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOORS:

27% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
14% chance
Suggested:
CADET
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
LIANE 6.19 bits
14.4% →
CADET 5.43 bits
13.4% →
STALE 5.68 bits
5.0% →
LEANT 4.60 bits
3.5% →
SETAE 4.71 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.99 bits
2.9% →
THALE 4.71 bits
2.9% →
ALINE 4.91 bits
2.2% →
CAGEY 3.74 bits
2.0% →
FLANE 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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