5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BOREL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

Adjective

being a member of a Borel σ-algebra; being a Borel set

Adjective

Borel measurable

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 BOREL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOREL 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 86.3% of games, misses completely in 13.7%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #480 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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___L B in the 1st position and L in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__L O in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SAUCY TRACE STALE SAUNT ARSON
Words starting with B Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOREL 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#480 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOREL ranks #480 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
81
3 guesses
1,003
4 guesses
1,096
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
11
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
38%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

124 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

324
232
145
134
120
110
100
89
87
85
52
46
43
37
37
32
30
29
21
21
21
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18
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOREL:

14% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
6% chance
Suggested:
SAUCY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.7% →
SAINT 6.07 bits
9.8% →
SAINT 5.63 bits
6.1% →
SAUCY 5.04 bits
5.7% →
SAINT 5.29 bits
5.1% →
TRACE 5.00 bits
4.7% →
STALE 4.89 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 4.10 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 5.10 bits
3.7% →
SAUNT 4.28 bits
3.6% →
ARSON 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1R1E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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