5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BIRIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 BIRIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIRIS 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 75.1% of games, misses completely in 24.9%, and leaves about 269 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,668 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__I_ B in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE COATE STALE TONEY POTAE SPATE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
269 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIRIS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,668 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIRIS ranks #10,668 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
781
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
310
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
354
306
119
98
94
85
77
73
71
70
38
35
34
29
24
23
22
16
16
14
13
12
10
9
9
9
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIRIS:

25% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
15% chance
Suggested:
COATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
ALONE 6.00 bits
15.0% →
COATE 5.38 bits
13.0% →
STALE 5.69 bits
5.0% →
ALONE 5.10 bits
4.2% →
TONEY 4.50 bits
4.0% →
POTAE 4.72 bits
3.6% →
SPATE 5.00 bits
3.3% →
ALONE 5.06 bits
3.1% →
LEANT 4.77 bits
3.0% →
PRATE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1R1I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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