5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BULSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A bag or package of diamonds, gold dust or other precious materials.

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 BULSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BULSE 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 82.5% of games, misses completely in 17.5%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,052 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TENOR ROANY REACT STAIN RENAL
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BULSE 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,052 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BULSE ranks #4,052 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
87
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,145
5 guesses
220
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:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

118 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

412
295
148
137
136
105
70
68
64
61
57
46
42
40
40
39
32
31
29
23
22
21
18
18
17
17
17
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14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BULSE:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
13% chance
Suggested:
TENOR
6% chance
Suggested:
ROANY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.5% →
TRAIN 6.04 bits
12.5% →
TENOR 5.17 bits
6.3% →
ROANY 4.85 bits
5.8% →
REACT 4.48 bits
5.8% →
STAIN 4.91 bits
4.5% →
RENAL 4.51 bits
3.0% →
COURT 4.84 bits
2.9% →
STEER 4.65 bits
2.7% →
RAINY 3.83 bits
2.6% →
TIARE 3.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1L1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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