5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUKOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of buko

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 BUKOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUKOS 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 68.3% of games, misses completely in 31.7%, and leaves about 330 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,314 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 TRADE TALER PLACE TRONE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
330 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 19% of evaluated openers
2.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUKOS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,314 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUKOS ranks #10,314 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
282
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)
68%
Green tile
21%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

747
289
286
102
91
89
78
72
69
49
48
43
35
32
25
21
18
17
15
14
12
11
11
11
10
10
9
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUKOS:

32% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.7% →
TIARE 6.19 bits
12.3% →
STALE 5.69 bits
12.1% →
TRADE 5.14 bits
4.3% →
TALER 5.11 bits
3.9% →
PLACE 4.32 bits
3.8% →
TRONE 4.70 bits
3.3% →
TALER 4.87 bits
3.1% →
LEARE 4.96 bits
2.9% →
CRANE 5.27 bits
2.1% →
CRUET 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1K5O1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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