5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRAAI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪ̯/[ˈbɹʷaɪ̯]/ˈbɹaː/

Noun

A barbecue (grill), especially an open outdoor grill built specifically for the purpose of braaing.

Noun

A social meeting including the braaing of meat; a cookout.

“Come over to our place for a braai.”

Verb

To grill meat over an open flame (not on a gas grill).

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 BRAAI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRAAI 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,990 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___I B in the 1st position and I in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__I R in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SIENT SORER SALET CONTE MATEY
Words starting with B Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRAAI 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
#10,990 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRAAI ranks #10,990 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
761
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
20
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
326
234
196
143
97
91
89
63
57
57
50
46
42
31
22
21
17
16
16
15
15
14
12
12
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRAAI:

20% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
14% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
10% chance
Suggested:
SORER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
STOLE 5.93 bits
13.8% →
SIENT 5.32 bits
9.9% →
SORER 5.25 bits
8.3% →
SALET 5.18 bits
6.1% →
STOLE 5.07 bits
4.1% →
CONTE 4.68 bits
3.9% →
MATEY 4.32 bits
3.8% →
RISEN 4.40 bits
2.7% →
CLOTE 4.49 bits
2.4% →
SAINT 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1A1A1I1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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