5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

BUXOM

BUXOM is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 78.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌksəm/

Adjective

Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

Adjective

Full of health, vigour, and good temper.

Alternative forms: bucksome

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 BUXOM performs as a guess

BUXOM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 57.7% of games, misses completely in 42.3%, and leaves about 507 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,055 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___M B in the 1st position and M in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__M U in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RONTE STANE RAILE SCALE SERAL
Words starting with B Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.31 Entropy (bits)
507 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
78.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUXOM 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,055 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUXOM ranks #14,055 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
626
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
411
6 guesses
26

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
21%
All gray
42%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N K
G U M B O
B U X O M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BUXOM in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

997
351
152
126
116
93
85
58
54
33
28
25
20
19
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16
15
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11
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4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUXOM:

42% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
15% chance
Suggested:
RONTE
6% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.3% →
TIARE 6.16 bits
14.9% →
RONTE 5.22 bits
6.4% →
STANE 5.29 bits
5.3% →
RAILE 5.47 bits
4.9% →
SCALE 4.52 bits
3.9% →
SERAL 5.06 bits
3.6% →
PALER 4.64 bits
2.5% →
CRUET 4.37 bits
2.3% →
MATEY 4.26 bits
1.4% →
TALER 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1X8O1M3
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 19 points

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