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BERTH

Yes, BERTH was the Wordle answer on July 10, 2022 (Wordle #386).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɜːθ//bɜɹθ//bɛɹθ/

Noun

Chiefly in wide berth: a sufficient space in the water for a ship or other vessel to lie at anchor or manoeuvre without getting in the way of other vessels, or colliding into rocks or the shore.

Noun

An assigned place for a person in (chiefly historical) a horse-drawn coach or other means of transportation, or (military) in a barracks.

Verb

To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).

Verb

To assign (someone) a berth (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.3 or etymology 1, noun sense 2.2) or place to sleep on a vessel, a train, etc.

Alternative forms: birth, byrth

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 10, 2022 (#386).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BERTH performs as a guess

BERTH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,730 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___H B in the 1st position and H in the 5th position B__T_ B in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _E__H E in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN ANILE AINEE ARSON SAINT SLANT
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BERTH 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,730 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BERTH ranks #2,730 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,149
5 guesses
187
6 guesses
14
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
30%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B E R T H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BERTH in 2 guesses.

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
256
188
170
152
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68
65
62
50
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37
28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BERTH:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
SLAIN 5.94 bits
10.9% →
ANILE 5.49 bits
8.0% →
AINEE 4.34 bits
7.2% →
ARSON 4.99 bits
6.4% →
SAINT 5.47 bits
3.7% →
SLANT 4.90 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.54 bits
2.8% →
LIANE 4.46 bits
2.6% →
SAUCY 4.63 bits
2.1% →
AINEE 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1R1T1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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