5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRUIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːɪn/

Noun

A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.

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 BRUIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRUIN 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,941 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___N B in the 1st position and N in the 5th position B__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__N R in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SALET STILE COATE CASTE SALTY
Words starting with B Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 65% of evaluated openers
1.25 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRUIN 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,941 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRUIN ranks #1,941 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
169
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
2 vowels
Common:
INRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
32%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

495
284
185
134
109
94
88
74
65
62
59
55
46
45
33
31
31
28
25
21
17
17
17
16
15
15
14
14
14
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRUIN:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SALET
8% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
SLATE 6.48 bits
12.0% →
SALET 5.35 bits
7.8% →
STILE 5.31 bits
5.7% →
COATE 5.16 bits
4.6% →
CASTE 5.06 bits
4.0% →
SALTY 4.52 bits
3.7% →
STAGE 4.42 bits
3.1% →
SLATE 4.91 bits
2.8% →
SALET 4.50 bits
2.6% →
SURER 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1U1I1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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