5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BIRRS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of birr

Noun

plural of birr

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 BIRRS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIRRS 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 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,554 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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

ALONE STALE POTAE ANILE TONEY STILE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.12 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIRRS 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,554 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIRRS ranks #9,554 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
291
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

588
306
273
200
110
86
77
77
70
60
47
38
38
32
28
24
23
18
16
16
15
13
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11
11
11
10
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIRRS:

25% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
12% chance
Suggested:
POTAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.9% →
ALONE 6.00 bits
13.0% →
STALE 5.69 bits
11.6% →
POTAE 5.28 bits
8.5% →
ANILE 5.39 bits
4.7% →
TONEY 4.45 bits
3.6% →
STILE 4.46 bits
3.3% →
TRIED 4.70 bits
3.3% →
ALONE 5.06 bits
3.0% →
COATE 4.80 bits
2.5% →
THALE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1R1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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