5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRACK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹæk/

Noun

An opening caused by the parting of a solid body; a crack or breach.

Noun

A flaw in cloth.

Adjective

Pronunciation spelling of black.

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 BRACK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRACK 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 230 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,797 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___K B in the 1st position and K in the 5th position B__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SALET SOREE TALER STILE SPITE
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
230 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRACK 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,797 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRACK ranks #5,797 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
891
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
224
6 guesses
16
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
33%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

574
271
265
123
112
104
87
68
54
52
37
37
36
34
25
23
23
23
22
22
22
21
16
16
15
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRACK:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
11% chance
Suggested:
SOREE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TOILE 6.14 bits
11.5% →
SALET 5.41 bits
11.2% →
SOREE 5.10 bits
5.2% →
TALER 4.69 bits
4.7% →
STILE 5.37 bits
4.4% →
SPITE 4.72 bits
3.7% →
TOILE 5.30 bits
2.9% →
STOLE 4.70 bits
2.3% →
TUILE 4.44 bits
2.2% →
CONTE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1A1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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