5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BURGH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɹə//ˈbʌɹoʊ//bɝɡ/

Noun

a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).

Noun

a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland).

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 BURGH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BURGH 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 69.8% of games, misses completely in 30.2%, and leaves about 315 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,775 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__G_ B in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

SALET ARIEL SAICE STONE ALONE CASTE
Words starting with B Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
315 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.85 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BURGH 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,775 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BURGH ranks #7,775 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
260
6 guesses
17
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:
RU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
26%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

712
401
134
122
88
79
71
71
63
59
50
43
38
35
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BURGH:

30% chance
Suggested:
SALET
17% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
6% chance
Suggested:
SAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.2% →
SALET 6.26 bits
17.0% →
ARIEL 5.13 bits
5.7% →
SAICE 5.54 bits
5.2% →
STONE 5.24 bits
3.7% →
ALONE 5.41 bits
3.4% →
CASTE 4.85 bits
3.0% →
STILE 4.60 bits
3.0% →
ALOSE 4.91 bits
2.7% →
COATE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
ALINE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1R1G2H4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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