5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BURRS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of burr

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 BURRS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BURRS 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 70.1% of games, misses completely in 29.9%, and leaves about 323 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,627 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE PLATE NAICE CLONE GLACE ALONE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.92 Entropy (bits)
323 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BURRS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,627 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BURRS ranks #10,627 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
764
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
RSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
27%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

705
332
324
107
86
75
73
68
55
53
45
41
38
31
28
27
21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BURRS:

30% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
14% chance
Suggested:
PLATE
14% chance
Suggested:
NAICE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.9% →
LIANE 6.11 bits
14.1% →
PLATE 5.70 bits
13.7% →
NAICE 5.24 bits
4.5% →
CLONE 4.93 bits
3.6% →
GLACE 4.15 bits
3.2% →
ALONE 4.93 bits
3.1% →
COATE 4.79 bits
2.9% →
COATE 4.79 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.48 bits
2.2% →
TASER 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1R1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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