5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOSON

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.zɒn//ˈboʊ.zɑn/

Noun

A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces.

Noun

A boatswain.

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 BOSON performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOSON 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 67.7% of games, misses completely in 32.3%, and leaves about 335 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,232 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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

RAILE STALE TIARE CARLE CRATE LIANE
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
335 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOSON 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,232 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOSON ranks #10,232 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
785
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
286
6 guesses
21
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:
NOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
30%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

762
314
226
135
114
82
64
56
52
49
48
41
37
33
31
19
18
17
14
14
13
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11
11
10
10
9
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOSON:

32% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.3% →
RAILE 6.21 bits
13.3% →
STALE 5.66 bits
9.6% →
TIARE 5.39 bits
5.7% →
CARLE 4.83 bits
4.8% →
CRATE 5.27 bits
3.5% →
CARLE 5.17 bits
2.7% →
LIANE 4.30 bits
2.4% →
TRICE 4.17 bits
2.2% →
TALER 5.11 bits
2.1% →
TIARE 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1S1O1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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