5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BUTUT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 72.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A unit of currency, worth one hundredth of a Gambian dalasi.

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 BUTUT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BUTUT 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 49.8% of games, misses completely in 50.2%, and leaves about 649 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,439 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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__U_ B in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__T U in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE RAISE SLIER MARLE LIANE CLONE
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

3.04 Entropy (bits)
649 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
72.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BUTUT 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,439 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BUTUT ranks #14,439 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
603
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
479
6 guesses
32
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
TU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
50%
Green tile
31%
All gray
50%

Feedback distribution

54 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1184
231
155
119
113
109
66
54
44
31
26
21
18
17
15
12
12
9
9
9
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
5
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BUTUT:

50% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

50.2% →
RAILE 6.10 bits
9.8% →
RAISE 5.58 bits
6.6% →
SLIER 5.30 bits
5.0% →
MARLE 4.38 bits
4.8% →
LIANE 5.33 bits
4.6% →
CLONE 4.81 bits
2.8% →
CANER 4.83 bits
2.3% →
LABOR 5.00 bits
1.9% →
SCORE 4.61 bits
1.3% →
SCONE 3.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3U1T1U1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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