5 FiveLetterWords
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BOSOM

BOSOM is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 82.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊz(ə)m//ˈbʌz(ə)m/

Noun

The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.

Noun

The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.

Adjective

In a very close relationship.

Verb

To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.

Alternative forms: bosome

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

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 BOSOM performs as a guess

BOSOM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 62.3% of games, misses completely in 37.7%, and leaves about 425 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,111 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___M B in the 1st position and M in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__M O in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STALE TRONE CARLE MAILE RAILE
Words starting with B Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.62 Entropy (bits)
425 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOSOM 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,111 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOSOM ranks #12,111 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
716
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
311
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
27%
All gray
38%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
B O S O M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BOSOM in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

890
350
153
141
130
103
62
49
48
41
34
33
32
16
14
14
14
13
13
12
11
11
11
10
10
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOSOM:

38% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.7% →
TIARE 6.22 bits
14.8% →
STALE 5.55 bits
6.5% →
TRONE 5.16 bits
6.0% →
CARLE 4.70 bits
5.5% →
MAILE 5.25 bits
4.4% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
2.6% →
TRICE 4.16 bits
2.1% →
LATER 4.60 bits
2.0% →
TIARE 4.41 bits
1.7% →
TALER 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1S1O1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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