5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

BURST

BURST is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɝst//bɜːst/

Verb

To break from internal pressure.

“I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.”

Verb

To cause to break from internal pressure.

“I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.”

Noun

An act or instance of bursting.

“The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.”

Noun

A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.

“I read it in two bursts.”

Alternative forms: brast, brust

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 BURST performs as a guess

BURST is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.2% of games, misses completely in 20.8%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #715 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE DAINE PLANE TITLE TIARE PLATE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BURST 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#715 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BURST ranks #715 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
1,006
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
149
6 guesses
19
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:
RSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
34%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U I T
B U R S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BURST in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

491
314
158
140
74
71
70
66
66
63
60
59
54
36
34
31
30
30
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23
20
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BURST:

21% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
13% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
7% chance
Suggested:
PLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.8% →
LIANE 6.19 bits
13.3% →
DAINE 5.45 bits
6.7% →
PLANE 5.51 bits
5.9% →
TITLE 5.25 bits
3.1% →
LIANE 4.84 bits
3.0% →
TIARE 4.68 bits
3.0% →
PLATE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
COLEY 4.64 bits
2.8% →
CLONE 4.88 bits
2.7% →
CLAME 4.09 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1R1S1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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