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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BRIAR

Yes, BRIAR was the Wordle answer on November 1, 2021 (Wordle #135).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹaɪə//ˈbɹaɪɚ/

Noun

Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.

Noun

Anything that is sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.

Alternative forms: brier, breer, brere, breare

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: November 1, 2021 (#135).

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

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How BRIAR performs as a guess

BRIAR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 201 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,617 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

B___R B in the 1st position and R in the 5th position B__A_ B in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _R__R R in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE SIENT TORSE THALE CONTE
Words starting with B Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.49 Entropy (bits)
201 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRIAR 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,617 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRIAR ranks #9,617 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
802
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
13
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
39%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
B R I A R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BRIAR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
362
190
141
136
94
92
80
72
57
55
53
42
38
36
29
27
27
24
20
16
16
14
14
13
12
12
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10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRIAR:

20% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
15% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SIENT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
STOLE 5.93 bits
15.4% →
SLATE 5.59 bits
8.1% →
SIENT 4.84 bits
6.0% →
STOLE 4.96 bits
5.8% →
TORSE 5.20 bits
4.0% →
THALE 4.52 bits
3.9% →
CONTE 4.65 bits
3.4% →
CLOTE 4.62 bits
3.1% →
SOLED 3.94 bits
2.4% →
CLONE 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1I1A1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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