5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BERMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of berm

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of berm

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 BERMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BERMS 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,387 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__M_ B in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE SLANT IRATE TRAIN THALE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BERMS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,387 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BERMS ranks #5,387 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
880
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
14
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
26%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

418
249
213
198
189
134
79
70
53
53
47
47
43
34
24
23
23
22
21
21
20
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BERMS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
11% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
TONAL 5.89 bits
10.6% →
ANILE 5.53 bits
9.0% →
SLANT 5.27 bits
8.4% →
IRATE 4.30 bits
8.0% →
TRAIN 5.29 bits
5.7% →
SLANT 4.88 bits
3.4% →
THALE 4.55 bits
3.0% →
MANIC 4.66 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.46 bits
2.2% →
COALY 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1R1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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