5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRINS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of brin

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 BRINS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRINS 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 161 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,288 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__N_ B in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
161 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRINS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,288 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRINS ranks #1,288 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
988
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
152
6 guesses
11
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:
INRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
31%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

404
266
243
133
129
109
90
66
61
59
59
55
44
39
38
36
35
35
30
27
22
22
16
16
15
15
15
14
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRINS:

17% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
10% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
OLATE 6.02 bits
11.3% →
TERRA 5.35 bits
10.3% →
STALE 5.83 bits
5.6% →
TILDE 5.09 bits
5.5% →
CANOE 5.23 bits
4.6% →
CADET 5.14 bits
3.8% →
POTAE 5.05 bits
2.8% →
CADET 4.24 bits
2.6% →
THALE 4.84 bits
2.5% →
CADET 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1I1N1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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