5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BOYSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Characteristic of stereotypical boys.

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 BOYSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BOYSY 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 376 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,663 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TIARE TRONE RAINE RANCE PHARE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.60 Entropy (bits)
376 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BOYSY 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,663 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BOYSY ranks #13,663 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
640
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
362
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
36%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

814
282
233
186
151
92
85
75
51
47
47
25
25
22
20
19
17
16
15
13
12
12
11
8
6
5
5
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BOYSY:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.5% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
12.0% →
TIARE 5.34 bits
9.9% →
TRONE 5.17 bits
7.9% →
RAINE 4.71 bits
6.4% →
RANCE 4.78 bits
3.9% →
PHARE 4.93 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.14 bits
3.2% →
PEART 4.17 bits
2.2% →
SAULT 4.23 bits
2.0% →
DROLE 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3O1Y4S1Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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