5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUFOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bufo

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 BUFOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUFOS 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 69.4% of games, misses completely in 30.6%, and leaves about 319 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,503 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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 PLATE CRANE TRUCE STORE PLACE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.94 Entropy (bits)
319 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUFOS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,503 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUFOS ranks #9,503 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
13
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)
69%
Green tile
22%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

722
313
276
96
95
93
82
78
73
53
44
35
34
29
28
22
19
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUFOS:

31% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.6% →
TIARE 6.15 bits
13.3% →
PLATE 5.67 bits
11.7% →
CRANE 5.30 bits
4.1% →
TRUCE 5.11 bits
4.0% →
STORE 4.57 bits
3.9% →
PLACE 4.42 bits
3.5% →
FLIER 5.36 bits
3.3% →
CARLE 5.05 bits
3.1% →
TALER 4.74 bits
2.2% →
SAUNT 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1F4O1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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