5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BREAK

Yes, BREAK has been the Wordle answer on December 8, 2021 (Wordle #172) and June 12, 2026 (Wordle #1819).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹeɪk/[bɹʷeɪ̯k]/bɹɛk/

Verb

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

“If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.”

Verb

To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

“Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?”

Noun

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

“The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.”

Noun

A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

“The sun came out in a break in the clouds.”

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 2 times

Past Wordle answer: December 8, 2021 (#172); June 12, 2026 (#1819).

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

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How BREAK performs as a guess

BREAK 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 83.8% of games, misses completely in 16.2%, and leaves about 160 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,435 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TOILE SAINT SEINE SLATE COURT
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
160 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BREAK 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#7,435 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BREAK ranks #7,435 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
846
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G L E A M
C R O W D
B R E A K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BREAK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

383
263
242
180
146
110
86
69
68
67
49
45
40
37
36
29
27
23
21
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BREAK:

16% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.2% →
SOILY 5.67 bits
11.2% →
TOILE 5.41 bits
10.3% →
SAINT 5.32 bits
7.6% →
SEINE 4.50 bits
6.2% →
SLATE 5.00 bits
4.7% →
COURT 5.02 bits
3.6% →
TARDY 4.06 bits
2.9% →
STEEL 4.69 bits
2.9% →
PRINT 4.08 bits
2.8% →
TARGE 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1E1A1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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