5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOXED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɒkst//ˈbɑːkst/

Verb

simple past and past participle of box

Adjective

Packed into a box or boxes.

“The books are boxed, ready for shipping.”

Adjective

In bridge and other card games if the cards in a pack are reversed face-up and face-down then the pack is said to be boxed.

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 BOXED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOXED 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 74.1% of games, misses completely in 25.9%, and leaves about 289 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,757 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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.

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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__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__D O in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position BO_ED B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLART ARSON STAIR CLARY SNARE
Words starting with B Words ending with D

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
289 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOXED 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,757 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOXED ranks #11,757 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
710
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
16
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:
EO

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

611
433
204
178
133
78
76
69
52
44
40
35
28
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24
21
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOXED:

26% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
ARSON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.9% →
SAINT 6.05 bits
18.4% →
SLART 5.86 bits
8.7% →
ARSON 5.17 bits
7.5% →
STAIR 4.68 bits
5.6% →
CLARY 4.60 bits
3.3% →
SNARE 4.32 bits
3.2% →
GEARE 4.54 bits
2.9% →
DRAIN 4.69 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.63 bits
1.9% →
MOWER 2.90 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1X8E1D2
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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