5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOURD

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A joke; jesting, banter.

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 BOURD performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOURD 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 235 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,188 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___D B in the 1st position and D in the 5th position B__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE SLANE SMILE LEANT ANILE
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.55 Entropy (bits)
235 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOURD 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,188 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOURD ranks #4,188 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
32%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

614
292
156
121
108
84
75
71
69
62
53
44
43
33
30
25
25
21
21
21
21
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14
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13
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOURD:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SLATE 6.38 bits
12.4% →
TEASE 5.37 bits
6.6% →
SLANE 5.32 bits
5.1% →
SMILE 4.85 bits
4.6% →
LEANT 4.61 bits
3.6% →
ANILE 5.17 bits
3.2% →
CANOE 4.27 bits
3.0% →
LEAST 4.96 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.63 bits
2.6% →
CASTE 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1U1R1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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