5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BURSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)s/

Noun

A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.

Noun

An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.

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 BURSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BURSE 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 136 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,875 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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

TALON LEANT ARIEL TRAIN SLANT ALINE
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.08 Entropy (bits)
136 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.87 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BURSE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#4,875 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BURSE ranks #4,875 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
869
4 guesses
1,163
5 guesses
212
6 guesses
23
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:
ERSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
39%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
216
184
177
142
117
73
65
60
56
55
51
48
39
36
36
28
26
26
25
25
22
20
19
17
17
16
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BURSE:

16% chance
Suggested:
TALON
9% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
TALON 5.81 bits
9.2% →
LEANT 5.22 bits
7.8% →
ARIEL 3.96 bits
7.5% →
TRAIN 5.18 bits
6.0% →
SLANT 4.99 bits
5.0% →
ALINE 4.65 bits
3.1% →
COUNT 4.65 bits
2.8% →
MEALY 3.70 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 3.83 bits
2.4% →
PALET 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1R1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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