5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRAZE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹeɪz/

Verb

To cover with brass, or as with brass.

Verb

To join two metal pieces, without melting them, using heat and diffusion of a jointing alloy of capillary thickness.

Noun

A kind of small charcoal used for roasting ore.

Alternative forms: braise, braize

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 BRAZE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRAZE 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,493 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__Z_ B in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY NATAL INLET TENOR COURT SLANT
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRAZE 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
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#10,493 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRAZE ranks #10,493 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
295
6 guesses
20
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
40%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

435
218
200
156
153
118
102
87
79
77
54
53
49
49
41
37
35
31
30
23
22
19
15
15
15
13
13
12
12
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRAZE:

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.

18.4% →
SOILY 5.72 bits
9.2% →
NATAL 5.10 bits
8.5% →
INLET 5.12 bits
6.6% →
TENOR 3.95 bits
6.5% →
SOILY 4.64 bits
5.0% →
COURT 5.03 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.65 bits
3.7% →
CAROL 4.44 bits
3.4% →
PRINT 4.05 bits
3.3% →
CLEAT 4.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1A1Z10E1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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