5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOXEN

BOXEN 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

Made of boxwood.

Adjective

Resembling box (the wood).

Noun

plural of box (“computer”)

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 BOXEN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOXEN 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 246 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,591 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.

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___N B in the 1st position and N in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__N O in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SAINT STAIR CLARY SEINE STIRE
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
246 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOXEN 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,591 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOXEN ranks #11,591 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
722
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
309
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
33%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
420
174
171
163
131
91
61
44
40
39
36
34
31
30
29
26
24
23
23
22
17
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14
14
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12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOXEN:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLART
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
7% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
SLART 5.99 bits
17.8% →
SLART 5.84 bits
7.4% →
SLART 5.21 bits
7.2% →
SAINT 5.22 bits
6.9% →
STAIR 4.62 bits
5.6% →
CLARY 4.65 bits
3.9% →
SEINE 4.64 bits
2.6% →
STIRE 4.26 bits
1.9% →
SAULT 4.66 bits
1.7% →
THALE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1X8E1N1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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