5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BOYAU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbwɑːjəʊ//ˈbɔɪəʊ/

Noun

A small trench or ditch, typically built in a zigzag pattern, serving to connect or provide communication between two trenches, particularly the rear and front lines.

Noun

A line, drawn winding about, in order to enclose several tracts of land, or to attack some works.

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 BOYAU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOYAU 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 82.0% of games, misses completely in 18.0%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,832 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___U B in the 1st position and U in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _O__U O in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER STARE TRICE WRITE SIENT SLART
Words starting with B Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOYAU 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,832 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOYAU ranks #11,832 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
24
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
3 vowels
Common:
AOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

425
414
205
195
116
107
98
91
68
56
51
49
42
39
36
34
21
19
18
18
17
17
15
13
11
11
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOYAU:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
STARE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.0% →
SLIER 5.82 bits
17.6% →
STARE 5.38 bits
8.7% →
TRICE 5.23 bits
8.3% →
SLIER 5.34 bits
4.9% →
WRITE 4.42 bits
4.5% →
SIENT 4.58 bits
4.2% →
SLART 4.29 bits
3.9% →
TALER 4.64 bits
2.9% →
MANOR 4.56 bits
2.4% →
SLIME 3.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1Y4A1U1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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