5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BREWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹuːz/

Noun

plural of brew

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of brew

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 BREWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BREWS 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 80.1% of games, misses completely in 19.9%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,376 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__W_ B in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL LIANE SAULT PATEE CAROL SLANT
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BREWS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,376 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BREWS ranks #8,376 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
827
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
251
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
24%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

469
300
220
188
158
120
92
59
57
50
48
48
41
38
37
28
28
24
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20
17
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BREWS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
13% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.9% →
TONAL 5.83 bits
12.7% →
LIANE 5.39 bits
9.3% →
SAULT 5.22 bits
8.0% →
PATEE 4.52 bits
6.7% →
CAROL 5.22 bits
5.1% →
SLANT 4.81 bits
3.9% →
TRIAD 4.28 bits
2.5% →
CADIE 4.04 bits
2.4% →
STRAP 4.62 bits
2.1% →
LEANT 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1E1W4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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