5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BROCH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɒx//ˈbɹɒk//ˈbɹɑx/

Noun

A type of Iron Age stone tower with hollow double-layered walls found on Orkney, Shetland, in the Hebrides and parts of the Scottish mainland.

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 BROCH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BROCH 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 73.5% of games, misses completely in 26.5%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,153 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___H B in the 1st position and H in the 5th position B__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__H R in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SALET LEANT DIANE STILE SORER
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BROCH 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,153 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BROCH ranks #4,153 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
929
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
213
6 guesses
10

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
32%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

626
264
169
113
96
93
80
79
70
49
42
42
37
36
36
31
30
29
26
23
22
18
18
17
17
15
15
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BROCH:

27% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.5% →
SLANE 6.24 bits
11.2% →
SALET 5.31 bits
7.2% →
LEANT 5.04 bits
4.8% →
DIANE 5.10 bits
4.1% →
STILE 5.39 bits
3.9% →
SORER 4.42 bits
3.4% →
MAILE 5.11 bits
3.3% →
STALE 4.67 bits
3.0% →
ALINE 4.96 bits
2.1% →
SAINE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1O1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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