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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

BOSSY

Yes, BOSSY was the Wordle answer on October 24, 2024 (Wordle #1223).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɔsi//ˈbɑsi//ˈbɒsi/

Adjective

Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.

Adjective

Ornamented with bosses; studded.

Noun

A cow or calf.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 24, 2024 (#1223).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BOSSY performs as a guess

BOSSY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 65.5% of games, misses completely in 34.5%, and leaves about 369 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,295 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE LEANT TRONE RAINE RANCE REACT
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.73 Entropy (bits)
369 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOSSY 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,295 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOSSY ranks #13,295 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
683
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
363
6 guesses
28
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)
66%
Green tile
37%
All gray
34%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BOSSY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

814
257
233
190
151
85
69
67
48
47
32
30
25
24
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22
22
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13
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOSSY:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.5% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
10.9% →
LEANT 5.36 bits
9.9% →
TRONE 5.17 bits
8.1% →
RAINE 4.69 bits
6.4% →
RANCE 4.78 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.14 bits
2.9% →
REACT 5.05 bits
2.8% →
PEART 4.05 bits
2.0% →
DROLE 3.94 bits
2.0% →
TALER 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1S1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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