5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BREES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of bree

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 BREES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BREES 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 78.4% of games, misses completely in 21.6%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,671 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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

TONAL SLANT LIANE CAROL TRAIN POTAE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BREES 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#7,671 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BREES ranks #7,671 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
35%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

510
243
218
171
111
102
97
81
74
63
51
47
36
29
28
27
27
26
23
19
19
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14
14
13
13
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BREES:

22% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
9% chance
Suggested:
LIANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.6% →
TONAL 5.80 bits
10.3% →
SLANT 5.22 bits
9.2% →
LIANE 5.34 bits
7.2% →
CAROL 5.20 bits
4.7% →
TRAIN 4.30 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 4.60 bits
4.1% →
POTAE 3.37 bits
3.4% →
REACT 4.63 bits
3.1% →
OLDEN 4.39 bits
2.7% →
STRAP 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1E1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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