5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUROO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bəˈɹuː/

Noun

The Labour Bureau; hence, unemployment benefits; the dole.

Alternative forms: broo, burroo

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 BUROO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUROO 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 69.0% of games, misses completely in 31.0%, and leaves about 324 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,463 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___O B in the 1st position and O in the 5th position B__O_ B in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TEASE SLANE STANE SOWNE SLIME
Words starting with B Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.98 Entropy (bits)
324 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 22% of evaluated openers
1.97 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUROO 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,463 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUROO ranks #11,463 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
763
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
330
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
26%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

730
358
207
119
114
107
77
63
48
48
40
28
27
25
22
22
20
20
20
17
15
15
13
12
12
11
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9
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUROO:

31% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
15% chance
Suggested:
TEASE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.0% →
SLATE 6.30 bits
15.2% →
TEASE 5.25 bits
8.8% →
SLANE 5.22 bits
5.0% →
STANE 5.15 bits
4.8% →
SOWNE 4.34 bits
4.5% →
SLIME 4.47 bits
3.3% →
CASTE 4.86 bits
2.7% →
SLANE 4.81 bits
2.0% →
SHUTE 3.98 bits
2.0% →
CRUET 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1R1O1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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