5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BIRSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːsɪ/

Adjective

bristling, bristly (of an animal such as a wolf or a bear).

“A big, birsy, gray wolf looked over its two fallen comrades, then all at once it lifted its gaze and looked John straight in the eyes, letting out a low guttural snarl.”

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 BIRSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIRSY 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 81.5% of games, misses completely in 18.5%, and leaves about 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,091 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE COATE LEANT ALONE TRIED CONTE
Words starting with B Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIRSY 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,091 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIRSY ranks #4,091 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
925
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
193
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
1 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
38%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

436
308
193
180
136
88
78
70
65
62
61
57
45
34
31
31
30
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21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIRSY:

18% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
13% chance
Suggested:
COATE
8% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.5% →
LANCE 6.17 bits
13.1% →
COATE 5.39 bits
8.2% →
LEANT 5.47 bits
7.6% →
LEANT 5.41 bits
5.8% →
ALONE 4.59 bits
3.7% →
TRIED 4.92 bits
3.3% →
CONTE 4.58 bits
3.0% →
AHOLE 4.84 bits
2.8% →
LEANT 4.50 bits
2.6% →
POTAE 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1R1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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