5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BROCK

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹɒk//bɹɑk/

Noun

A male badger.

Verb

To taunt.

Noun

A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.

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 BROCK performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BROCK 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 71.0% of games, misses completely in 29.0%, and leaves about 275 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,627 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

SLATE SALET LEANT SORER DIANE MAILE
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
275 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BROCK 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
0.68 Volatility
#5,627 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BROCK ranks #5,627 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
9
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:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
31%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

683
290
183
109
107
99
91
69
62
49
46
43
42
29
27
26
26
26
20
19
19
16
16
15
14
12
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BROCK:

29% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.0% →
SLATE 6.37 bits
12.3% →
SALET 5.38 bits
7.8% →
LEANT 5.00 bits
4.6% →
SORER 4.39 bits
4.5% →
DIANE 4.96 bits
4.2% →
MAILE 5.27 bits
3.9% →
SLATE 4.93 bits
2.9% →
STALE 5.05 bits
2.6% →
LIANE 4.66 bits
2.1% →
ANILE 4.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1O1C3K5
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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