5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BOOST

Yes, BOOST was the Wordle answer on January 2, 2022 (Wordle #197).

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /buːst//bʉst/

Noun

A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.

Noun

Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.

“The controversy gave a boost to the author's sales.”

Verb

To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.

Verb

To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.

“This campaign will boost your chances of winning the election.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 2, 2022 (#197).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BOOST performs as a guess

BOOST is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 69.2% of games, misses completely in 30.8%, and leaves about 292 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,730 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TARTE CARLE ARIEL MANOR IRATE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
292 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOOST 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,730 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOOST ranks #6,730 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
17
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:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
39%
All gray
31%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
H O T L Y
B O O S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BOOST in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

726
220
196
131
114
94
84
80
79
79
41
38
37
29
25
19
16
14
14
13
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOOST:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.8% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
9.3% →
RAILE 5.34 bits
8.3% →
TARTE 5.58 bits
5.6% →
CARLE 4.79 bits
4.8% →
ARIEL 5.13 bits
4.0% →
MANOR 5.24 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.24 bits
3.4% →
IRATE 4.48 bits
3.4% →
PHARE 4.94 bits
3.4% →
CRANE 4.99 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1O1S1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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