5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOTHY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɒθi//ˈbɑθi//ˈbʌhi/

Noun

A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.

Noun

A building for workers to rest in.

Alternative forms: boothie, boothy, bothie

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 BOTHY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOTHY 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 72.1% of games, misses completely in 27.9%, and leaves about 268 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,465 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__H_ B in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE SNARE CRANE LAIDE SAICE CARLE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
268 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOTHY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,465 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOTHY ranks #7,465 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,195
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
14
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
1 vowels
Common:
OT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
34%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

658
267
200
174
137
110
70
62
58
45
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38
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35
28
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOTHY:

28% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.9% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
11.3% →
SNARE 5.69 bits
8.5% →
CRANE 5.36 bits
7.4% →
LAIDE 4.72 bits
5.8% →
SAICE 5.47 bits
4.7% →
CARLE 4.74 bits
3.0% →
LIANE 5.07 bits
2.6% →
SENOR 4.35 bits
2.5% →
TIARE 4.88 bits
1.9% →
DROLE 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1T1H4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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