5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BUOYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of buoy

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of buoy

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 BUOYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUOYS 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,482 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__Y_ B in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE TONER LEANT CRANE PORTE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 32% of evaluated openers
1.76 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUOYS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,482 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUOYS ranks #8,482 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
833
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
17
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)
73%
Green tile
25%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

639
280
221
181
109
98
69
67
66
54
52
52
37
36
35
31
20
18
17
16
16
15
15
14
12
11
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUOYS:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
RAILE 6.10 bits
11.9% →
STALE 5.60 bits
9.4% →
TONER 5.42 bits
7.7% →
LEANT 5.01 bits
4.6% →
LEANT 4.97 bits
4.2% →
CRANE 4.85 bits
2.9% →
PORTE 3.80 bits
2.8% →
ARENE 4.93 bits
2.8% →
ARIEL 4.71 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1O1Y4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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