5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BOXER

Yes, BOXER was the Wordle answer on December 13, 2024 (Wordle #1273).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɒksə//ˈbɑksɚ/

Noun

A participant in a boxing match; a fighter who boxes.

“You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.”

Noun

A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 13, 2024 (#1273).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BOXER performs as a guess

BOXER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 217 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,660 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLANT TEASE SALTY ARSON SLANE
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
217 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOXER 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,660 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOXER ranks #10,660 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
765
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
19
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
32%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M O C K
F L O W N
B O X E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BOXER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

500
356
199
158
135
124
99
80
77
58
39
39
38
34
29
27
25
24
21
20
19
16
14
14
14
13
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOXER:

21% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
SAINT 5.99 bits
15.1% →
SLANT 5.70 bits
8.4% →
SAINT 5.23 bits
6.7% →
TEASE 4.76 bits
5.7% →
SLANT 5.27 bits
5.3% →
SALTY 4.48 bits
4.2% →
SAINT 3.79 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.85 bits
3.3% →
ARSON 3.99 bits
2.5% →
SLANE 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1X8E1R1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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