5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

BOULE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /buːl/

Noun

One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.

Noun

A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.

Verb

To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.

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 BOULE performs as a guess

BOULE 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,961 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT STAIR ARSON SLAIN PEART SHART
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOULE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,961 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOULE ranks #3,961 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
209
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
3 vowels
Common:
ELOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
42%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
B O U L E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BOULE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
299
163
152
107
105
95
92
51
51
49
45
39
39
38
36
31
31
30
26
24
24
23
23
20
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16
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOULE:

15% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
13% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
SAINT 5.87 bits
12.7% →
STAIR 5.32 bits
6.9% →
STAIR 4.98 bits
6.4% →
ARSON 5.33 bits
4.5% →
SLAIN 4.88 bits
4.5% →
PEART 4.64 bits
4.0% →
SHART 4.43 bits
3.9% →
SNARY 4.43 bits
2.2% →
SALLY 4.08 bits
2.2% →
SAINT 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1U1L1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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