5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

BRIES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of brie

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 BRIES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRIES 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 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,026 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__E_ B in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COALY DEALT SLANT ANTIC HARRY SHALT
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.17 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 91% of evaluated openers
0.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRIES 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,026 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRIES ranks #3,026 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
38%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

302
212
169
147
125
115
94
88
76
74
61
51
51
44
40
40
40
34
33
31
28
26
23
22
21
21
18
16
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRIES:

13% chance
Suggested:
COALY
9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
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
9.0% →
DEALT 5.50 bits
7.2% →
SLANT 5.23 bits
6.2% →
ANTIC 4.98 bits
5.3% →
HARRY 4.90 bits
4.9% →
SHALT 5.02 bits
4.0% →
POTAE 3.61 bits
3.7% →
TEARY 4.55 bits
3.2% →
LEANT 3.91 bits
3.1% →
EATEN 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1I1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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