5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BIERS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bier

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 BIERS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIERS 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 126 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,111 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__R_ B in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY LANCE PATEE SLANT CAROL ANTIC
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.01 Entropy (bits)
126 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 84% of evaluated openers
0.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIERS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,111 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIERS ranks #3,111 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
937
4 guesses
1,124
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
29%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

302
236
182
169
160
130
95
78
68
56
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIERS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COALY
10% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
8% chance
Suggested:
PATEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
COALY 5.71 bits
10.0% →
LANCE 5.36 bits
7.7% →
PATEE 4.66 bits
7.2% →
SLANT 5.23 bits
6.8% →
CAROL 5.09 bits
5.5% →
ANTIC 5.18 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.80 bits
3.3% →
PITHY 3.83 bits
2.9% →
CLINE 4.34 bits
2.4% →
STINK 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1E1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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