5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRUGH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 BRUGH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRUGH 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 300 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,597 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__G_ B in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _R__H R in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SALET COATE SAICE STILE ALONE SLATE
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.13 Entropy (bits)
300 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 29% of evaluated openers
1.82 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRUGH 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,597 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRUGH ranks #6,597 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
12
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:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
30%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

712
327
153
134
120
88
73
71
63
59
56
38
37
32
29
26
23
19
19
18
12
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11
11
11
11
11
11
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRUGH:

30% chance
Suggested:
SALET
14% chance
Suggested:
SALET
6% chance
Suggested:
COATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
SALET 6.26 bits
13.9% →
SALET 5.41 bits
6.5% →
COATE 5.14 bits
5.7% →
SAICE 5.54 bits
5.1% →
STILE 5.02 bits
3.7% →
ALONE 5.41 bits
3.1% →
SLATE 4.75 bits
3.0% →
ALOSE 4.91 bits
2.7% →
COATE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
SURER 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1U1G2H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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