5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOTOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of boto

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 BOTOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOTOS 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 69.2% of games, misses completely in 30.8%, and leaves about 314 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,907 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BO_OS B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, O in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE STATE CARLE CRANE CADRE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
314 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOTOS 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,907 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOTOS ranks #8,907 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
787
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
241
6 guesses
15
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:
OST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
28%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

726
282
243
137
131
125
84
67
48
41
39
39
31
28
27
17
17
15
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOTOS:

31% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.8% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
12.0% →
RAILE 5.46 bits
10.3% →
TIARE 5.65 bits
5.8% →
STATE 4.74 bits
5.6% →
CARLE 4.79 bits
5.3% →
CRANE 5.54 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.24 bits
2.8% →
CADRE 4.59 bits
2.0% →
MARLE 4.56 bits
1.7% →
ARIEL 4.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1T1O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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