5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOSKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bosk

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 BOSKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOSKS 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 60.1% of games, misses completely in 39.9%, and leaves about 468 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,936 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BO_KS B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PEART TRONE TALER CARLE LEANT
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.37 Entropy (bits)
468 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOSKS 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,936 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOSKS ranks #13,936 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
30
3 guesses
630
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
387
6 guesses
29
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
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
24%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

940
309
235
197
96
70
69
52
43
40
38
27
23
22
17
13
12
12
10
9
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOSKS:

40% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
PEART
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.9% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
13.1% →
PEART 5.68 bits
10.0% →
TRONE 5.18 bits
8.4% →
TALER 4.50 bits
4.1% →
RAILE 5.26 bits
3.0% →
PEART 4.15 bits
2.9% →
CARLE 5.14 bits
2.2% →
TALER 5.06 bits
1.8% →
LEANT 4.11 bits
1.7% →
URITE 3.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1S1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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