Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier for first-turn info

BREIS

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

No dictionary definition for BREIS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use BREIS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How BREIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BREIS 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 87.2% of games, misses completely in 12.8%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,033 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe BREIS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

5.04 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How BREIS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#4,033 Rank among openers
Opening with BREIS left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.65 average. It ranks #4,033 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
30%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

BREIS can come back 104 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

306 answers
239 answers
171 answers
168 answers
139 answers
126 answers
96 answers
77 answers
76 answers
70 answers
60 answers
52 answers
52 answers
45 answers
42 answers
41 answers
39 answers
34 answers
32 answers
30 answers
30 answers
26 answers
24 answers
22 answers
20 answers
18 answers
17 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1E1I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Strategy after playing BREIS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to BREIS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BREIS:

13% chance
Suggested:
COALY
10% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.8% →
COALY 5.71 bits
10.0% →
LANCE 5.35 bits
7.2% →
SLANT 5.21 bits
7.0% →
REATE 4.55 bits
5.8% →
GLINT 4.86 bits
5.3% →
HARRY 4.90 bits
4.0% →
SLANT 4.78 bits
3.2% →
CLINE 4.38 bits
3.2% →
LEANT 3.91 bits
2.9% →
ANTIC 4.52 bits

Research on BREIS

Game-tree analysis and word research for BREIS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with BREIS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.69 guesses and ranks #4,251 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with BREIS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.65, at or below the proven-optimal 3.69, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).