5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BRUNT

BRUNT is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹʌnt//bɹʊnt/

Noun

The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.

“Unfortunately, poor areas such as those in New Orleans bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina’s winds.”

Noun

The force or shock of an attack in war.

Verb

To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.

Verb

To make a violent attack or charge.

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

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 BRUNT performs as a guess

BRUNT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 177 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,281 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__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

ALOSE HAOLE LAIDE TASTE CADIE SLIME
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
177 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRUNT 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
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,281 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRUNT ranks #1,281 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
974
4 guesses
1,150
5 guesses
151
6 guesses
13
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:
NRTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
34%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
B R U N T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BRUNT in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

471
274
178
176
112
92
85
72
60
55
53
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30
28
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRUNT:

20% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
12% chance
Suggested:
HAOLE
8% chance
Suggested:
LAIDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
ALOSE 6.10 bits
11.6% →
HAOLE 5.19 bits
7.5% →
LAIDE 5.31 bits
7.5% →
TASTE 5.44 bits
4.7% →
CADIE 4.97 bits
3.9% →
ALOSE 5.04 bits
3.6% →
SLIME 4.54 bits
3.1% →
TASER 4.62 bits
2.5% →
ALOSE 4.56 bits
2.3% →
SURER 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1U1N1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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