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

BUILT

Yes, BUILT was the Wordle answer on December 21, 2023 (Wordle #915).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪlt/

Adjective

well-built, muscular or toned.

“Wow! Your new boyfriend's really built.”

Verb

simple past and past participle of build.

Noun

Shape; build; form of structure.

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: December 21, 2023 (#915).

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

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How BUILT performs as a guess

BUILT 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 76.7% of games, misses completely in 23.3%, and leaves about 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,019 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARSE SOARE TARTE RINSE PRONE SNORE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUILT 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,019 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUILT ranks #1,019 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
985
4 guesses
1,119
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
12
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:
ILTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
37%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
B A D G E
B U I L T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BUILT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

549
198
182
146
112
91
78
77
64
61
52
45
40
35
34
33
31
29
29
29
28
27
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20
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUILT:

23% chance
Suggested:
CARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.3% →
CARSE 6.23 bits
8.4% →
SOARE 5.38 bits
7.7% →
TARTE 5.71 bits
6.2% →
RINSE 5.17 bits
4.7% →
PRONE 5.08 bits
3.9% →
SNORE 5.10 bits
3.3% →
MARSE 4.47 bits
3.3% →
SCARE 5.34 bits
2.7% →
SADHE 4.70 bits
2.6% →
TITAN 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1I1L1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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