5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BURRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɹə/

Adjective

Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.

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 BURRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BURRA 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 273 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,407 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__A U in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLANE TOISE CASTE STONE STIME
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
273 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BURRA 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,407 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BURRA ranks #11,407 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
751
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
329
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
2 vowels
Common:
ARU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
28%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
437
223
159
126
101
61
55
54
51
49
39
38
36
34
26
18
16
16
16
14
14
14
10
9
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BURRA:

24% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
19% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
TOILE 6.10 bits
18.5% →
SLANE 5.55 bits
9.5% →
TOISE 4.96 bits
6.7% →
CASTE 4.58 bits
5.3% →
STONE 5.18 bits
4.3% →
STIME 4.36 bits
2.6% →
SHITE 4.73 bits
2.3% →
CLONE 4.51 bits
2.3% →
SHITE 4.73 bits
2.2% →
CRUET 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1R1R1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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