5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRIMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹɪmz/

Noun

plural of brim

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of brim

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 BRIMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRIMS 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 198 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,855 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__M_ B in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LANCE STALE TERRA TILDE CADET CLONE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
198 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRIMS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#3,855 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRIMS ranks #3,855 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
175
6 guesses
10
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)
80%
Green tile
29%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

478
275
263
169
129
99
94
81
73
66
57
41
39
37
33
29
29
24
19
18
17
17
16
14
13
13
12
12
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRIMS:

20% chance
Suggested:
LANCE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
TERRA

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
LANCE 6.11 bits
11.7% →
STALE 5.70 bits
11.2% →
TERRA 5.31 bits
7.2% →
TILDE 5.06 bits
5.5% →
CADET 5.06 bits
4.2% →
CLONE 4.89 bits
4.0% →
POTAE 5.03 bits
3.4% →
ALONE 5.04 bits
3.1% →
ALONE 5.07 bits
2.8% →
DIVER 4.38 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1I1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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