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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

BORNE

Yes, BORNE was the Wordle answer on May 20, 2025 (Wordle #1431).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɔːn//boɹn/[bo̞ɹn]

Verb

past participle of bear

Adjective

carried, supported.

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: May 20, 2025 (#1431).

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

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How BORNE performs as a guess

BORNE 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 85.5% of games, misses completely in 14.5%, and leaves about 117 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,369 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SHALT STAIR SLART STOOL SALTY
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
117 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BORNE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,369 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BORNE ranks #1,369 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
960
4 guesses
1,131
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
14
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:
ENOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
44%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G N A S H
B O R N E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BORNE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

122 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

343
174
165
157
132
98
93
87
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69
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37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BORNE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
7% chance
Suggested:
SHALT
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.5% →
SAULT 5.89 bits
7.4% →
SHALT 5.61 bits
7.0% →
STAIR 4.27 bits
6.7% →
SAULT 5.48 bits
5.6% →
SLART 5.04 bits
4.2% →
STOOL 5.18 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.59 bits
3.7% →
MANIC 4.69 bits
3.2% →
SAULT 4.86 bits
2.9% →
TROOP 3.88 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1R1N1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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