BO gives a player a consonant and a vowel, and unusually the same vowel often returns in the third position. That repetition is what makes BO harder to narrow than the size of the field alone would allow, since a large part of the 5 letter words starting with BO carry a doubled O.
O leads the third position, ahead of R and N. Books, Boost, Bored and Bonds cover both patterns, so a guess that avoids the second O removes more candidates here than testing any other letter.
There are 173 five letter words starting with BO. Board, Bound, Bonus, Boxes and Bones are the strongest Wordle guesses because none of them repeat a letter. BOO and BOR hold the deepest runs, so test O and R in the third slot first.
5 Letter Words Starting With BO
B and O confirm one vowel and leave three slots, and the third often takes the same vowel again. The wider set begins at five letter words in English.
| Boabs | Boaks | Board | Boars |
| Boart | Boast | Boats | Bobac |
| Bobak | Bobas | Bobby | Bobol |
| Bobos | Bocca | Bocce | Bocci |
| Bocks | Boded | Bodes | Bodge |
| Bodhi | Bodle | Boeps | Boets |
| Boeuf | Boffo | Boffs | Bogan |
| Bogey | Boggy | Bogie | Bogle |
| Bogue | Bogus | Bohea | Bohos |
| Boils | Boing | Boink | Boite |
| Boked | Bokeh | Bokes | Bokos |
| Bolar | Bolas | Bolds | Boles |
| Bolix | Bolls | Bolos | Bolts |
| Bolus | Bomas | Bombe | Bombo |
| Bombs | Bonce | Bonds | Boned |
| Boner | Bones | Boney | Bongo |
| Bongs | Bonie | Bonks | Bonne |
| Bonny | Bonus | Bonza | Bonze |
| Booai | Booay | Boobs | Booby |
| Boody | Booed | Boofy | Boogy |
| Boohs | Books | Booky | Bools |
| Booms | Boomy | Boons | Boord |
| Boors | Boose | Boost | Booth |
| Boots | Booty | Booze | Boozy |
| Boppy | Borak | Boral | Boras |
| Borax | Borde | Bords | Bored |
| Boree | Borel | Borer | Bores |
| Borgo | Boric | Borks | Borms |
| Borna | Borne | Boron | Borts |
| Borty | Bortz | Bosie | Bosks |
| Bosky | Bosom | Boson | Bossy |
| Bosun | Botas | Botch | Botel |
| Botes | Bothy | Botte | Botts |
| Botty | Bouge | Bough | Bouks |
| Boule | Boult | Bound | Bouns |
| Bourd | Bourg | Bourn | Bouse |
| Bousy | Bouts | Bovid | Bowat |
| Bowed | Bowel | Bower | Bowes |
| Bowet | Bowie | Bowls | Bowne |
| Bowrs | Bowse | Boxed | Boxen |
| Boxer | Boxes | Boxla | Boxty |
| Boyar | Boyau | Boyed | Boyfs |
| Boygs | Boyla | Boyos | Boysy |
| Bozos |
5 Letter Words Starting With BO By Third Letter
O leads the third slot, with R, N and U following at a similar distance. Five letter words with O as the second letter leaves the first letter open.
5 Letter Words Starting With BOL
| Bolts | Bolus | Bolar |
| Bolas | Boles | Bolos |
| Bolds | Bolix | Bolls |
5 Letter Words Starting With BON
| Bonds | Bones | Bonus |
| Boned | Boner | Boney |
| Bongo | Bonne | Bonny |
| Bonce | Bongs | Bonks |
| Bonie | Bonza | Bonze |
5 Letter Words Starting With BOO
| Boobs | Books | Boost |
| Booth | Boots | Booty |
| Booze | Booby | Booed |
| Booms | Boozy | Boody |
| Booky | Boomy | Boons |
| Boors | Boose | Booai |
| Booay | Boofy | Boogy |
| Boohs | Bools | Boord |
5 Letter Words Starting With BOR
| Bored | Borne | Borer |
| Bores | Boron | Boral |
| Boras | Borax | Borde |
| Borel | Borgo | Boric |
| Borna | Bortz | Borak |
| Bords | Boree | Borks |
| Borms | Borts | Borty |
5 Letter Words Starting With BOT
| Botas | Botch | Botes |
| Bothy | Botts | Botty |
| Botel | Botte |
5 Letter Words Starting With BOU
| Bound | Bough | Bouts |
| Boule | Boult | Bourg |
| Bourn | Bouge | Bouks |
| Bouns | Bourd | Bouse |
| Bousy |
5 Letter Words Starting With BOW
| Bowel | Bowie | Bowls |
| Bowed | Bower | Bowes |
| Bowne | Bowat | Bowet |
| Bowrs | Bowse |
5 Letter Words Starting With BOY
| Boyar | Boyos | Boyau |
| Boyed | Boyfs | Boygs |
| Boyla | Boysy |
5 Letter Words Starting With BO By Ending Letter
S closes 59 of these, a third of the set, with E and Y following. 5 letter words starting with BE works the same way.
5 Letter Words Starting With BO Ending In S
| Boats | Bolts | Bombs |
| Bonds | Bones | Bonus |
| Boobs | Books | Boots |
| Bowls | Boxes | Boars |
| Bodes | Bogus | Boils |
| Bolus | Booms | Bores |
| Bouts | Bowes | Bolas |
| Boles | Bolos | Bongs |
| Bonks | Boons | Boors |
| Boras | Botas | Botes |
| Botts | Boyos | Bozos |
| Boabs | Boaks | Bobas |
| Bobos | Bocks | Boeps |
| Boets | Boffs | Bohos |
| Bokes | Bokos | Bolds |
| Bolls | Bomas | Boohs |
| Bools | Bords | Borks |
| Borms | Borts | Bosks |
| Bouks | Bouns | Bowrs |
| Boyfs | Boygs |
5 Letter Words Starting With BO Ending In E
| Booze | Borne | Bowie |
| Bonne | Bocce | Bodge |
| Bogie | Bogle | Bogue |
| Boite | Bombe | Bonce |
| Boose | Borde | Bosie |
| Boule | Bowne | Bodle |
| Bonie | Bonze | Boree |
| Botte | Bouge | Bouse |
| Bowse |
5 Letter Words Starting With BO Ending In Y
| Bobby | Booty | Bogey |
| Boney | Bonny | Booby |
| Boozy | Bossy | Boggy |
| Boody | Booky | Boomy |
| Boppy | Bothy | Botty |
| Booay | Boofy | Boogy |
| Borty | Bosky | Bousy |
| Boxty | Boysy |
5 Letter Words Starting With BO Ending In D
| Board | Bored | Bound |
| Boned | Booed | Bowed |
| Boxed | Boded | Boked |
| Boord | Bourd | Bovid |
| Boyed |
5 Letter Words Starting With BO With E
E turns up in 57 BO words, more than any letter except the O already spent. 5 letter words starting with BL works the same way.
| Bones | Booze | Bored |
| Borne | Bowel | Bowie |
| Boxer | Boxes | Bodes |
| Bogey | Boned | Boner |
| Boney | Bonne | Booed |
| Borer | Bores | Bowed |
| Bower | Bowes | Boxed |
| Bocce | Boded | Bodge |
| Boeuf | Bogie | Bogle |
| Bogue | Boite | Bokeh |
| Boles | Bombe | Bonce |
| Boose | Borde | Borel |
| Bosie | Botes | Boule |
| Bowne | Bodle | Boeps |
| Boets | Bohea | Boked |
| Bokes | Bonie | Bonze |
| Boree | Botel | Botte |
| Bouge | Bouse | Bowet |
| Bowse | Boxen | Boyed |
5 Letter Words Starting With BO With R
R runs second here, appearing in 35 across the set. 5 letter words starting with BA works the same way.
| Board | Bored | Borne |
| Boxer | Boars | Boner |
| Borer | Bores | Boron |
| Bower | Bolar | Boors |
| Boral | Boras | Borax |
| Borde | Borel | Borgo |
| Boric | Borna | Bortz |
| Bourg | Bourn | Boyar |
| Boart | Boord | Borak |
| Bords | Boree | Borks |
| Borms | Borts | Borty |
| Bourd | Bowrs |
5 Letter Words Starting With BO For Wordle
Every word here uses five different letters, so nothing is spent on a repeat. 5 letter words starting with NO works the same way.
| Board | Bound | Bonus |
| Boxes | Bones | Bonds |
| Boats | Bored | Bowls |
| Boxer | Borne | Bolts |
| Bowel | Bowie | Boast |
| Bogus | Boxed | Bowed |
Booth, Booze and Bossy are the traps. Sixty three BO words repeat a letter, and a doubled O accounts for most of them.
5 Letter Words Starting With BO For Scrabble
Z carries the top plays, and Boozy tops the set at 19 points.
| Word | Points |
|---|---|
| Boozy | 19 |
| Boxty | 17 |
| Bozos | 16 |
| Bortz | 16 |
| Booze | 16 |
| Bonze | 16 |
| Bonza | 16 |
| Boxed | 15 |
| Boxla | 14 |
| Boxes | 14 |
| Boxer | 14 |
| Boxen | 14 |
| Bosky | 14 |
| Borax | 14 |
| Boppy | 14 |
5 Letter Words Starting With BO And Their Meanings
Nautical, Scots and old trade usage account for most of the harder entries here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Boart | Industrial diamond fragments used as an abrasive |
| Bocce | An Italian bowling game played on a narrow court |
| Bodhi | Enlightenment in Buddhist teaching |
| Bodle | A small copper coin of old Scotland |
| Boffo | Highly successful, from American entertainment slang |
| Bogle | A goblin or bogey, in Scots usage |
| Bohea | A black tea from the Wuyi hills of China |
| Boite | A small nightclub, from French |
| Bokeh | The quality of the out of focus areas in a photograph |
| Bolus | A soft rounded mass, especially of chewed food |
| Bonce | The head, in British informal usage |
| Bonze | A Buddhist priest in Japan or China |
| Borax | A white mineral salt used as a flux and cleanser |
| Borgo | A small fortified village in Italy |
| Bortz | Low grade diamond used as an abrasive |
| Bosun | A ship’s officer in charge of rigging and crew |
| Botel | A hotel built on or serving boats |
| Bothy | A basic shelter for hill walkers, in Scots usage |
| Boule | A legislative assembly of ancient Greece |
| Bourn | A small stream, or a boundary, in older English |
FAQs
The strongest are Board, Bound, Bonus, Boxes and Bones, since none of them repeat a letter. Booth, Booze and Bossy spend a slot on a repeat, so hold those back.
BOO gives you Books, Boots, Booth, Boost, Booze, Boozy, Booby, Boobs and Booty, along with Booai, Booay, Boody, Booed, Boofy, Boogy, Boohs, Booky, Bools, Booms, Boomy, Boons, Boord, Boors and Boose.
The X ending gives you Borax and Bolix. Two words is the whole group, so an X in the last slot settles the answer at once.
The E words run to Bones, Boxes, Bored, Bower, Bowel, Boned, Boner and Bogey. Fifty seven BO words carry an E after the opening pair.
The top score goes to Boozy at 19 points. Boxty reaches 17, then Bozos and Bortz at 16, with Boxes and Boxed at 15.
The D ending gives you Board, Bound, Bored, Boxed, Bowed, Boned and Booed. Boded, Boked, Boord, Bourd, Bovid and Boyed round the group out.
BOU gives you Bound, Bough, Bouts, Bourn and Boule, along with Bouge, Bouks, Boult, Bouns, Bourd, Bourg, Bouse and Bousy.
Yes, Bosun is valid and scores 7 points. It names the ship’s officer responsible for the rigging and the deck crew.
