5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRIKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of brik

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 BRIKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRIKS 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 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 223 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,731 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__K_ B in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE TERRA STALE TILDE CADET POTAE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
223 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 39% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRIKS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,731 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRIKS ranks #6,731 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
852
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
223
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
29%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
295
261
197
121
99
96
72
71
54
43
41
39
36
31
22
22
19
18
16
16
16
15
14
14
13
13
13
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRIKS:

22% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.2% →
OLATE 5.96 bits
12.5% →
TERRA 5.32 bits
11.1% →
STALE 5.76 bits
8.4% →
TILDE 5.09 bits
5.1% →
CADET 4.93 bits
4.2% →
POTAE 5.02 bits
4.1% →
OLATE 4.85 bits
3.1% →
RIDER 4.36 bits
3.0% →
ALONE 4.96 bits
2.3% →
STONE 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1I1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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