5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOUSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Obsolete form of boozy.

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 BOUSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOUSY 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,192 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__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PARTE TRONE TALER RANCE THALE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOUSY 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
0.69 Volatility
#7,192 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOUSY ranks #7,192 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
224
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
40%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
221
200
150
119
109
70
67
67
66
47
38
37
33
32
32
31
29
27
24
20
18
17
15
14
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOUSY:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
RAILE 6.10 bits
9.4% →
PARTE 5.35 bits
8.5% →
TRONE 5.23 bits
6.4% →
TALER 4.85 bits
5.0% →
RANCE 4.68 bits
4.6% →
RAILE 4.98 bits
3.0% →
THALE 4.86 bits
2.8% →
REACT 4.10 bits
2.8% →
ARENE 4.93 bits
2.8% →
PALET 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1U1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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