5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BERES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bere

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 BERES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BERES 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,734 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___S B in the 1st position and S in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position BE_ES B in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL SLANT TRAIN ALINE TOILE TRAPE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BERES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,734 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BERES ranks #7,734 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
825
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
247
6 guesses
16
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
34%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
242
216
185
116
104
86
74
69
66
58
51
38
28
28
22
21
21
19
19
17
17
15
15
14
14
13
13
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BERES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
TONAL 5.80 bits
10.3% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
9.2% →
TRAIN 5.22 bits
7.8% →
ALINE 5.42 bits
4.9% →
SLANT 4.75 bits
4.4% →
TOILE 3.58 bits
3.6% →
TRAPE 4.37 bits
3.1% →
OLDEN 4.39 bits
2.9% →
DEALT 4.54 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1R1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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