5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BRUSH

Yes, BRUSH was the Wordle answer on September 22, 2023 (Wordle #825).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹʌʃ//bɹɐʃ//bɹʊʃ/

Noun

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

Noun

The act of brushing something.

“She gave her hair a quick brush.”

Verb

To clean with a brush.

“Brush your teeth.”

Verb

To untangle or arrange with a brush.

“Brush your hair.”

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: September 22, 2023 (#825).

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

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How BRUSH performs as a guess

BRUSH 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,456 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__H R in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE LEANT PLATE CADIE ANILE LIANE
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRUSH 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,456 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRUSH ranks #4,456 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
914
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
19
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
31%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B R U S H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BRUSH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

562
275
212
167
108
93
77
67
58
51
50
49
42
41
37
36
28
26
22
19
18
18
15
14
13
13
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRUSH:

24% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
12% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
9% chance
Suggested:
PLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
ALONE 6.14 bits
11.7% →
LEANT 5.02 bits
9.0% →
PLATE 5.73 bits
7.1% →
CADIE 5.04 bits
4.6% →
ANILE 4.86 bits
3.9% →
LIANE 5.20 bits
3.3% →
STOAE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
ALONE 4.95 bits
2.5% →
PLATE 4.66 bits
2.2% →
CLADE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1U1S1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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