5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BRUIT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹuːt//bɹut//bɾɪu̯t/

Noun

An abnormal sound in the body heard on auscultation (for example, through using a stethoscope); a murmur.

Noun

Hearsay, rumour; talk; (countable) an instance of this.

Verb

To disseminate, promulgate, or spread news, a rumour, etc.

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 BRUIT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRUIT 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 80.4% of games, misses completely in 19.6%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,511 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE HAOLE TASTE CLADE SAMEL CLOSE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRUIT 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,511 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRUIT ranks #1,511 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
978
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
181
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:
IRTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
36%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

461
247
191
146
103
89
70
68
66
63
57
55
53
50
43
36
26
22
21
20
20
18
18
18
18
18
17
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRUIT:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
10% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.6% →
SLANE 6.20 bits
10.5% →
HAOLE 5.20 bits
8.1% →
SLANE 5.39 bits
6.2% →
TASTE 5.36 bits
4.4% →
CLADE 4.77 bits
3.8% →
SAMEL 4.55 bits
3.0% →
CLOSE 4.70 bits
2.9% →
SCALE 5.18 bits
2.8% →
SANED 4.37 bits
2.7% →
SATEM 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1U1I1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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