5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BREYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of brey

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 BREYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BREYS 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 85.0% of games, misses completely in 15.0%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,956 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__Y_ B in the 1st position and Y in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONAL ANILE AINEE SLANT DAILY CAROL
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BREYS 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,956 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BREYS ranks #7,956 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
844
4 guesses
1,204
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
ERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
24%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

78 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

353
289
183
176
155
123
119
99
66
60
55
52
52
48
44
39
36
32
26
25
23
21
19
18
17
13
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BREYS:

15% chance
Suggested:
TONAL
12% chance
Suggested:
ANILE
8% chance
Suggested:
AINEE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.0% →
TONAL 5.99 bits
12.3% →
ANILE 5.39 bits
7.8% →
AINEE 4.31 bits
7.5% →
SLANT 5.21 bits
6.6% →
DAILY 4.58 bits
5.2% →
CAROL 5.23 bits
5.0% →
SLANT 4.77 bits
4.2% →
TRAIN 4.38 bits
2.8% →
SAIST 4.21 bits
2.5% →
COATE 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1E1Y4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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