5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BORON

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

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːˌɹɒn//bo.rɔn/

Noun

The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.

Noun

An atom of this element.

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 BORON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BORON 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 71.4% of games, misses completely in 28.6%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,895 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___N B in the 1st position and N in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE LIANE THALE CASTE CRATE
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BORON 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#8,895 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BORON ranks #8,895 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
809
4 guesses
1,188
5 guesses
272
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
2 vowels
Common:
NOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
32%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

674
352
240
106
99
98
74
67
50
42
38
37
33
32
27
26
20
20
19
19
19
18
14
13
13
12
10
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BORON:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
10% chance
Suggested:
LIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.6% →
SLATE 6.44 bits
14.9% →
TEASE 5.34 bits
10.2% →
LIANE 5.23 bits
4.5% →
THALE 4.63 bits
4.2% →
CASTE 5.02 bits
4.2% →
SLATE 5.24 bits
3.1% →
CRATE 4.41 bits
2.8% →
STALE 5.06 bits
2.1% →
DIANE 4.53 bits
1.8% →
SAMEL 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1R1O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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