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

BRAVE

Yes, BRAVE was the Wordle answer on November 20, 2022 (Wordle #519).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹeɪv//bɹæɪv//bɾev/

Adjective

Strong in the face of fear; courageous.

Adjective

Making a fine show or display.

Verb

To encounter or withstand with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.

“After braving tricks on the high-dive, he braved a jump off the first diving platform.”

Noun

A Native American warrior.

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: November 20, 2022 (#519).

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

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How BRAVE performs as a guess

BRAVE 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 152 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,163 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__V_ B in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY NATAL INLET SEINE SEITY COURT
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.89 Entropy (bits)
152 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 77% of evaluated openers
1.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRAVE 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,163 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRAVE ranks #8,163 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
267
6 guesses
14
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)
82%
Green tile
39%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C R I S P
V O D K A
B R A V E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BRAVE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

429
203
184
141
135
113
101
80
79
72
52
46
43
42
41
37
35
30
27
22
22
20
19
19
18
15
15
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRAVE:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
NATAL
8% chance
Suggested:
INLET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
SOILY 5.70 bits
8.6% →
NATAL 5.10 bits
7.8% →
INLET 5.12 bits
6.0% →
SEINE 4.57 bits
5.7% →
SEITY 3.93 bits
4.8% →
COURT 5.04 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.66 bits
3.4% →
CARRY 4.32 bits
3.4% →
PRINT 4.08 bits
3.1% →
CLEAT 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1A1V4E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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