5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

BERET

Yes, BERET was the Wordle answer on October 1, 2023 (Wordle #834).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

Open Solver with BERET Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹeɪ//bəˈɹeɪ//ˈbɛɹɪt/

Noun

A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

Alternative forms: béret, berret

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 1, 2023 (#834).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

Wordle Observatory

How did this puzzle feel?

About the project

Add an anonymous result and difficulty rating to the public, aggregate research dataset.

We send only this answer word for puzzle verification, the puzzle number, result, difficulty vote, Hard Mode flag, timezone and a random one-puzzle receipt token. The Observatory stores no answer word, grid, guesses, account, email, IP-derived ID or reusable player identifier. The puzzle-specific receipt prevents duplicate submissions and permits withdrawal; anyone with that token can withdraw, so keep browser-data exports private. See the privacy details.

How BERET performs as a guess

BERET is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,519 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SLANE DRAIN SATIN SAINE SOILY
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.83 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 73% of evaluated openers
1.12 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BERET 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,519 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BERET ranks #4,519 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
74
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
11
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:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
41%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
B E R E T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BERET in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
210
199
155
99
96
85
64
62
61
51
48
44
37
30
28
28
26
23
22
21
21
20
19
19
17
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BERET:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
8% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
SLAIN 5.87 bits
8.9% →
SLANE 5.40 bits
8.4% →
DRAIN 5.08 bits
6.6% →
SATIN 4.95 bits
4.2% →
SAINE 4.61 bits
4.1% →
SOILY 3.66 bits
3.6% →
CRAPE 4.49 bits
2.7% →
SLATE 4.53 bits
2.6% →
SAUCY 4.73 bits
2.6% →
ALIEN 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1R1E1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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