5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

BRACE

Yes, BRACE was the Wordle answer on August 16, 2024 (Wordle #1154).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹeɪs/

Noun

A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

“a brace and bit”

Noun

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

Verb

To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

“All hands, brace for impact!”

Verb

To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.

“He braced himself against the crowd.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 16, 2024 (#1154).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BRACE performs as a guess

BRACE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 85.8% of games, misses completely in 14.2%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,221 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__C_ B in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY TALON INLET SEITY TORUS SLANT
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.38 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRACE 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#1,221 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRACE ranks #1,221 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
88
3 guesses
973
4 guesses
1,084
5 guesses
191
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:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
43%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C R I S P
B R A C E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BRACE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

128 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

335
180
171
139
121
96
72
70
62
62
58
49
49
47
44
43
39
36
27
24
24
23
20
19
19
19
18
18
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRACE:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
TALON
7% chance
Suggested:
INLET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.2% →
SOILY 5.69 bits
7.6% →
TALON 5.24 bits
7.3% →
INLET 5.17 bits
5.9% →
SEITY 3.96 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.67 bits
4.1% →
TORUS 4.97 bits
3.1% →
SLANT 4.74 bits
3.0% →
PARRY 4.20 bits
2.6% →
STEAL 4.40 bits
2.6% →
PRINT 4.07 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1A1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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