5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BERAY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɪˈɹeɪ/

Verb

To make foul; befoul; soil.

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 BERAY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BERAY 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 87.5% of games, misses completely in 12.5%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,829 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___Y B in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST STILE SLANT TOISE SIDLE PRINT
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.02 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BERAY 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,829 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BERAY ranks #4,829 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
78
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
38%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

295
258
207
171
132
132
128
92
68
67
58
45
36
30
29
28
24
24
19
18
18
18
17
16
16
16
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BERAY:

13% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
11% chance
Suggested:
STILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
HOIST 5.86 bits
10.9% →
STILE 5.49 bits
8.8% →
SLANT 5.34 bits
7.2% →
TOISE 4.53 bits
5.6% →
SIDLE 4.26 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
5.4% →
PRINT 4.90 bits
3.9% →
CRAFT 4.08 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.24 bits
2.8% →
CASTE 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1R1A1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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