BURST

Meaning

An act or instance of bursting.

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

• verbTo break from internal pressure.

BURST as a word-puzzle answer

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

It leans on high-frequency letters (R, S, 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.