5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BOSIE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of bosey.

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 BOSIE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOSIE 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 89.4% of games, misses completely in 10.6%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,015 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER TRULY FLIRT SHALT CLARY ACTOR
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOSIE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,015 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOSIE ranks #6,015 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
830
4 guesses
1,211
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
16
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
42%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

272
249
156
143
128
128
126
78
76
72
61
60
59
59
46
42
32
32
32
28
26
24
22
20
19
18
18
16
16
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOSIE:

12% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
11% chance
Suggested:
TRULY
7% chance
Suggested:
FLIRT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.5% →
ALTER 5.45 bits
10.6% →
TRULY 5.40 bits
6.6% →
FLIRT 4.82 bits
6.1% →
SHALT 5.19 bits
5.4% →
CLARY 4.53 bits
5.4% →
ACTOR 4.90 bits
5.3% →
CLARY 4.61 bits
3.3% →
STEER 4.50 bits
3.2% →
DINER 4.84 bits
3.1% →
TRAIL 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1S1I1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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