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BROOM

Yes, BROOM was the Wordle answer on May 11, 2023 (Wordle #691).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹuːm//bɹʊm//bɹʉwm/

Noun

A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.

Noun

An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.

Verb

To sweep with a broom.

Verb

To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.

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 once

Past Wordle answer: May 11, 2023 (#691).

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

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How BROOM performs as a guess

BROOM is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 65.4% of games, misses completely in 34.6%, and leaves about 367 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,425 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___M B in the 1st position and M in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _R__M R in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET TUILE CADET MAILE TORSE
Words starting with B Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
367 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BROOM 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,425 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BROOM ranks #10,425 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,257
5 guesses
279
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
30%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
P L U C K
B R O O M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BROOM in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

817
322
156
149
128
84
83
80
46
35
34
30
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26
20
18
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17
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BROOM:

35% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
SALET
7% chance
Suggested:
TUILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.6% →
SLATE 6.33 bits
13.6% →
SALET 5.37 bits
6.6% →
TUILE 4.81 bits
6.3% →
CADET 5.12 bits
5.4% →
MAILE 5.15 bits
3.6% →
TORSE 4.18 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 5.02 bits
3.4% →
ALINE 5.00 bits
1.9% →
SPINE 3.47 bits
1.5% →
CADET 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1O1O1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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