5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BRIBE

Yes, BRIBE was the Wordle answer on August 22, 2021 (Wordle #64).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹaɪb/

Noun

Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.

Noun

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

Verb

To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against their original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.

“She was accused of trying to bribe the jury into making false statements.”

Verb

To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.

“to bribe somebody's compliance”

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: August 22, 2021 (#64).

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

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How BRIBE performs as a guess

BRIBE 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 79.5% of games, misses completely in 20.5%, and leaves about 196 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,874 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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___E B in the 1st position and E in the 5th position B__B_ B in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _R__E R in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAULT SLANT SATIN COAST SOLAR SOREE
Words starting with B Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
196 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRIBE 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,874 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRIBE ranks #9,874 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
770
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
16
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:
EIR

Feedback chances

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

Example solver route

R O A T E
P R I S M
A D O B E
B R I B E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BRIBE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

483
244
184
183
177
176
102
92
58
49
48
43
42
39
37
37
29
28
27
20
17
14
14
14
12
12
11
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRIBE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
8% chance
Suggested:
SATIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.5% →
SAULT 5.89 bits
10.3% →
SLANT 5.50 bits
7.8% →
SATIN 4.90 bits
7.8% →
SAULT 5.37 bits
7.5% →
COAST 5.19 bits
7.5% →
SOLAR 4.19 bits
4.3% →
SLANT 5.10 bits
3.9% →
SLANT 4.33 bits
2.5% →
SOREE 4.01 bits
2.1% →
SLANT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1I1B3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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