5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOOSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /buːs//ˈbʉs//buːz/

Noun

Alternative spelling of booze.

Verb

Alternative spelling of booze.

Noun

A stall for an animal (usually a cow).

Alternative forms: boosy, boosey

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 BOOSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOOSE 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 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 207 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,074 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL ALTER LAIRY STALK CLARY STEER
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
207 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOOSE 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,074 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOOSE ranks #11,074 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
730
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
302
6 guesses
22
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
3 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
44%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

477
366
193
184
120
87
82
70
67
60
46
43
41
37
33
29
29
23
23
21
19
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14
14
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOOSE:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
16% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIRY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
TRAIL 5.88 bits
15.5% →
ALTER 5.37 bits
8.2% →
LAIRY 4.41 bits
7.8% →
STALK 5.01 bits
5.1% →
CLARY 4.65 bits
3.7% →
STEER 4.56 bits
3.5% →
MANOR 5.14 bits
3.0% →
FRONT 4.19 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 3.87 bits
2.5% →
SHART 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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