5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRUVS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bruv

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 BRUVS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRUVS 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 73.0% of games, misses completely in 27.0%, and leaves about 284 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,465 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__V_ B in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE PLATE CADET DIANE CLINE STOAE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
284 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRUVS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,465 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRUVS ranks #8,465 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
812
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
251
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:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
26%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

637
317
299
161
118
99
74
64
54
50
41
41
37
31
27
21
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRUVS:

27% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
13% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
CADET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.0% →
LIANE 6.07 bits
13.4% →
PLATE 5.70 bits
12.7% →
CADET 5.26 bits
6.8% →
DIANE 5.10 bits
5.0% →
CLINE 4.69 bits
4.2% →
STOAE 4.92 bits
3.1% →
ALONE 4.94 bits
2.7% →
CLOTE 4.67 bits
2.3% →
NOVEL 5.01 bits
2.1% →
RULER 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1U1V4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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