BROTH

Meaning

Water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled.

BROTH as a word-puzzle answer

BROTH is a 5-letter word with 1 vowel (O) and 4 consonants (B, R, T, H). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (R, O, T), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.

BROTH by the numbers

Across the 1,734 curated answers in the Wordocious bank, R appears in 37% of answers (the 3rd most common letter), T appears in 30% of answers (the 4th most common letter), O appears in 30% of answers (the 5th most common letter). 29 other answers share the opening “BR-”, so two green tiles up front still leave real guessing to do.

Difficulty: 1/5 — very approachable, because its letters are common and no close neighbors compete with it.

Near misses

One letter away in the answer bank: BOOTH. Each of these turns four tiles green against BROTH — the classic endgame squeeze where spending a guess on the differing letter beats burning attempts on hope.

Put it to use

Words like BROTH are exactly what the daily puzzles throw at you. Warm up in Practice, race the clock in the Daily Challenge, or study the best starting words before your next run. New to the multi-board modes? The mode guides cover all nine.