5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRILL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹɪl/

Noun

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

Adjective

Clipping of brilliant; wonderful, amusing; cool.

“That song is totally brill, innit!”

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 BRILL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRILL 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 243 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,181 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___L B in the 1st position and L in the 5th position B__L_ B in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _R__L R in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

STANE TERRA SLANE SIENT COATE STONE
Words starting with B Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
243 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRILL 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#9,181 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRILL ranks #9,181 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
813
4 guesses
1,210
5 guesses
270
6 guesses
15
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
35%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

570
346
180
178
153
120
76
58
58
49
45
44
38
30
28
26
24
21
20
20
19
17
14
13
13
13
10
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRILL:

24% chance
Suggested:
STANE
15% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
STANE 6.14 bits
14.7% →
TERRA 5.29 bits
7.6% →
SLANE 5.40 bits
7.5% →
SIENT 4.97 bits
6.5% →
COATE 5.05 bits
5.1% →
STONE 5.27 bits
3.2% →
SIDER 4.47 bits
2.5% →
POTAE 4.52 bits
2.5% →
SAUTE 4.80 bits
2.1% →
ATONE 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1I1L1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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