5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BUDOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 BUDOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUDOS 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 72.1% of games, misses completely in 27.9%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,847 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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 _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE STALE TRACE STORE LEANT PLACE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.20 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.75 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUDOS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,847 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUDOS ranks #6,847 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
12
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
23%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

658
308
246
129
94
92
81
65
65
54
44
35
34
33
30
25
22
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10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUDOS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.9% →
TIARE 6.16 bits
13.1% →
STALE 5.66 bits
10.4% →
TRACE 5.29 bits
5.5% →
TIARE 5.49 bits
4.0% →
STORE 4.58 bits
3.9% →
LEANT 5.03 bits
3.4% →
PLACE 4.40 bits
2.8% →
TALER 4.80 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 5.05 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1D2O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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