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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BRASS

Yes, BRASS was the Wordle answer on September 12, 2024 (Wordle #1181).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹɑːs//bɹas//bɹæs/

Noun

A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

Noun

A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.

“A few measures later, the brass comes in strong!”

Adjective

Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

Adjective

Of the color of brass.

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: September 12, 2024 (#1181).

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

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How BRASS performs as a guess

BRASS 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,226 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ROUET TUILE TARRE CONTE CLINE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRASS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,226 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRASS ranks #10,226 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
278
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S W I N G
B R A S H
B R A S S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BRASS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
282
235
199
129
127
88
70
68
60
53
49
45
33
26
24
22
20
20
20
18
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15
14
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13
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11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRASS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
12.0% →
TOILE 5.20 bits
10.0% →
ROUET 4.99 bits
8.4% →
TUILE 5.23 bits
5.5% →
TARRE 4.45 bits
5.4% →
CONTE 4.81 bits
3.7% →
CLINE 4.89 bits
3.0% →
SUITE 4.28 bits
2.9% →
TOILE 4.97 bits
2.5% →
CLOTE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1A1S1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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