5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUSKY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌski/

Adjective

Alternative form of bosky.

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 BUSKY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUSKY 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 62.9% of games, misses completely in 37.1%, and leaves about 410 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,520 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL STARE TALER TRONE LATER CARLE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.67 Entropy (bits)
410 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUSKY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,520 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUSKY ranks #12,520 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
718
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
329
6 guesses
25

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
63%
Green tile
29%
All gray
37%

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

875
327
197
145
87
79
71
63
51
41
39
39
32
30
22
18
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14
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12
12
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9
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUSKY:

37% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TALER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.1% →
ARIEL 6.13 bits
13.9% →
STARE 5.58 bits
8.4% →
TALER 4.89 bits
6.1% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
3.7% →
ARIEL 5.01 bits
3.3% →
LATER 4.70 bits
3.0% →
CARLE 5.14 bits
2.7% →
STONE 4.44 bits
2.2% →
LABOR 5.00 bits
1.7% →
TRICE 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1S1K5Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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