5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BRANT

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹænt/

Noun

Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

Adjective

smooth; unwrinkled

Adjective

steep, precipitous.

Alternative forms: brent

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 BRANT performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRANT 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 120 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #80 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.55 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___T B in the 1st position and T in the 5th position B__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__T R in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SOCLE SORER SOLDE MOILE HOISE PARER
Words starting with B Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.21 Entropy (bits)
120 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRANT 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.

3.55 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#80 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRANT ranks #80 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
1,079
4 guesses
1,058
5 guesses
141
6 guesses
8
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:
ANRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
38%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

354
202
156
129
128
101
98
82
72
68
61
58
47
46
39
34
30
29
27
27
21
20
20
20
18
18
17
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRANT:

15% chance
Suggested:
SOCLE
9% chance
Suggested:
SORER
7% chance
Suggested:
SOLDE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
SOCLE 5.99 bits
8.6% →
SORER 5.15 bits
6.6% →
SOLDE 5.15 bits
5.5% →
MOILE 5.03 bits
5.4% →
HOISE 5.27 bits
4.3% →
PARER 4.52 bits
4.2% →
SLICE 5.23 bits
3.5% →
SPICE 4.78 bits
3.1% →
SHIEL 5.08 bits
2.9% →
LADEN 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1A1N1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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