5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOVID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈboʊvɪd/

Noun

An animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).

Adjective

Of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).

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 BOVID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOVID 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 66.9% of games, misses completely in 33.1%, and leaves about 347 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,475 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE STILE TARSE CARTE DEARY LEANT
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
347 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOVID 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,475 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOVID ranks #9,475 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
790
4 guesses
1,217
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
12
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:
IO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
28%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

780
308
233
161
101
73
73
48
38
38
32
31
27
26
23
20
18
18
17
17
17
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOVID:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.1% →
SLATE 6.31 bits
13.1% →
STILE 5.28 bits
9.9% →
TARSE 5.22 bits
6.8% →
CARTE 4.84 bits
4.3% →
DEARY 5.03 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.97 bits
3.1% →
TALER 5.18 bits
2.0% →
GRATE 4.48 bits
1.6% →
URASE 4.40 bits
1.6% →
SATER 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1V4I1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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