5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

BARRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A barrow; a hand-pushed cart of the type commonly used in markets.

Noun

A barramundi.

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 BARRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BARRA 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 371 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,516 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___A B in the 1st position and A in the 5th position B__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TOISE SIENT TRACE SCOTE
Words starting with B Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.71 Entropy (bits)
371 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 12% of evaluated openers
2.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BARRA 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,516 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BARRA ranks #13,516 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
664
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
395
6 guesses
24
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:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
32%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

799
300
283
160
111
84
79
64
51
44
27
26
23
21
19
18
18
18
15
15
15
14
12
11
11
9
8
7
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BARRA:

34% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
TOILE 6.06 bits
12.7% →
SLATE 5.65 bits
12.0% →
TOISE 5.16 bits
6.8% →
SIENT 4.55 bits
4.7% →
TRACE 4.63 bits
3.6% →
SCOTE 4.79 bits
3.4% →
CLONE 4.70 bits
2.7% →
SIENT 4.76 bits
2.2% →
TONEY 3.84 bits
1.9% →
SHOTE 3.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3A1R1R1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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