5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOULT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Alternative form of bolt (“to sift”).

Noun

Obsolete form of bolt.

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 BOULT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOULT 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,585 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAISE TARTE CRANE SIREN RANCE ARISE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOULT 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,585 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOULT ranks #1,585 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
991
4 guesses
1,086
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
13
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
2 vowels
Common:
LOTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
37%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

525
197
193
176
121
106
98
78
48
44
44
39
38
31
30
30
27
26
26
22
22
22
20
20
16
16
15
15
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOULT:

22% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
RAISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
RAISE 6.08 bits
8.4% →
TARTE 5.61 bits
8.2% →
RAISE 5.35 bits
7.5% →
CRANE 5.58 bits
5.1% →
SIREN 4.95 bits
4.5% →
RANCE 4.67 bits
4.2% →
ARISE 5.24 bits
3.3% →
MAISE 4.81 bits
2.0% →
AROSE 4.20 bits
1.9% →
SPIRE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1U1L1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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