5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOYOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of boyo

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 BOYOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOYOS 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 65.5% of games, misses completely in 34.5%, and leaves about 382 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,070 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BO_OS B in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, O in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE RAINE TRONE RANCE SAULT
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
382 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOYOS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#13,070 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOYOS ranks #13,070 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
691
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
353
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
25%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

814
355
207
157
133
85
68
62
56
47
41
30
20
20
15
15
15
14
14
14
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9
8
8
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7
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOYOS:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.5% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
15.0% →
STALE 5.58 bits
8.8% →
RAINE 4.83 bits
6.7% →
TRONE 5.21 bits
5.6% →
RANCE 4.72 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.14 bits
2.9% →
SAULT 4.37 bits
2.6% →
REACT 4.24 bits
2.4% →
MARLE 4.63 bits
2.0% →
TALER 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1Y4O1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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