5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRANK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæŋk/[ˈbɹʷæŋk]/ˈbɹeɪ̯ŋk/

Noun

A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.

Verb

To put someone in the branks.

Verb

To prance; to caper.

Noun

A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.

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 BRANK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRANK 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,736 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SORER SALET PARTE STILE SPITE
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.58 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRANK 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,736 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRANK ranks #4,736 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
211
6 guesses
12
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:
ANR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
255
231
147
130
117
109
77
69
57
49
43
39
29
27
27
26
22
20
18
18
17
17
16
15
13
12
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRANK:

21% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SORER
10% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TOILE 6.13 bits
10.8% →
SORER 5.26 bits
9.8% →
SALET 5.47 bits
6.2% →
TOILE 5.17 bits
5.5% →
PARTE 4.57 bits
5.0% →
STILE 5.21 bits
4.6% →
SPITE 4.80 bits
3.3% →
SAMEL 4.49 bits
2.9% →
TOISE 4.71 bits
2.4% →
STOLE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1A1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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