5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BRICK

BRICK is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪk//ˈbɹɘk/

Noun

A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

“This wall is made of bricks.”

Noun

Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.

“This house is made of brick.”

Verb

To build, line, or form with bricks.

“to be bricked alive (as a form of capital punishment)”

Verb

To make into bricks.

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

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 BRICK performs as a guess

BRICK 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 72.9% of games, misses completely in 27.1%, and leaves about 264 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,940 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

SALET ROATE TILDE STANE HAOLE POTAE
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
264 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRICK 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,940 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRICK ranks #5,940 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
873
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
204
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:
IR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
32%
All gray
27%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B I C E P
B R I C K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BRICK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

638
331
191
128
111
110
77
75
51
51
49
37
37
36
31
26
23
23
19
19
17
16
14
13
13
13
12
10
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRICK:

27% chance
Suggested:
SALET
14% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.1% →
SALET 6.34 bits
14.0% →
ROATE 5.23 bits
8.1% →
TILDE 5.11 bits
5.4% →
STANE 5.23 bits
4.7% →
HAOLE 5.42 bits
4.7% →
POTAE 4.74 bits
3.3% →
ALOSE 5.01 bits
3.2% →
RIVET 4.42 bits
2.2% →
LEANT 4.65 bits
2.2% →
COATE 4.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1I1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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