5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

BERRY

BERRY is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɹi/

Noun

A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.

Noun

A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.

Verb

To pick berries.

“On summer days Grandma used to take us berrying, whether we wanted to go or not.”

Verb

To bear or produce berries.

Alternative forms: berye, berie

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

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 BERRY performs as a guess

BERRY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.8% of games, misses completely in 23.2%, and leaves about 259 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,453 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _E__Y E in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

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SAINT SLANT AINEE SAULT TRAIN LIANE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
259 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BERRY 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#11,453 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BERRY ranks #11,453 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
747
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
25

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
38%
All gray
23%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E D
S P E R M
B E R R Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BERRY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

547
414
205
204
167
94
63
52
46
38
32
31
27
26
25
22
21
21
20
20
19
19
18
16
16
15
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BERRY:

23% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
18% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.2% →
SAINT 6.11 bits
17.5% →
SLANT 5.72 bits
8.7% →
AINEE 4.37 bits
8.6% →
SAULT 4.75 bits
7.1% →
TRAIN 5.04 bits
4.0% →
LIANE 4.43 bits
2.7% →
SHALT 4.65 bits
2.2% →
COAST 4.73 bits
1.9% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
1.6% →
LATER 3.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3E1R1R1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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