5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BIRZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% 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 BIRZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BIRZE 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 79.9% of games, misses completely in 20.1%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,240 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__Z_ B in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLANT COAST SOLAR SALTY SAUCY
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BIRZE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,240 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BIRZE ranks #8,240 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
808
4 guesses
1,243
5 guesses
234
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
37%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

475
241
195
187
184
179
93
72
68
62
55
49
42
29
28
27
27
24
21
20
18
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17
14
14
12
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11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BIRZE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.1% →
SAULT 5.91 bits
10.2% →
SLANT 5.51 bits
8.3% →
COAST 5.26 bits
7.9% →
SLANT 5.52 bits
7.8% →
SOLAR 4.21 bits
7.6% →
SAULT 5.39 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.28 bits
3.1% →
SAUCY 4.51 bits
2.9% →
PRINT 4.29 bits
2.6% →
COAST 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3I1R1Z10E1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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