5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BRAES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of brae

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 BRAES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRAES 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 100 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,102 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT NATAL TOILE STINK TORCH CLINE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.34 Entropy (bits)
100 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRAES 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,102 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRAES ranks #3,102 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
910
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
40%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

287
179
174
146
89
89
80
78
73
67
67
66
55
44
44
42
38
35
35
33
33
30
26
26
25
24
24
23
23
22

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRAES:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
NATAL
7% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
COUNT 5.62 bits
7.6% →
NATAL 5.02 bits
7.4% →
TOILE 5.26 bits
6.2% →
STINK 4.86 bits
3.8% →
TOILE 4.44 bits
3.8% →
TOILE 3.44 bits
3.4% →
TORCH 4.90 bits
3.3% →
CLINE 4.42 bits
3.1% →
CAROL 4.48 bits
2.8% →
OLDEN 4.25 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1A1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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