5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

BRISK

Yes, BRISK was the Wordle answer on September 26, 2022 (Wordle #464).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹɪsk/

Adjective

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.

“We took a brisk walk yesterday.”

Adjective

Full of spirit of life; effervescing.

Verb

To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: September 26, 2022 (#464).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How BRISK performs as a guess

BRISK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.8% of games, misses completely in 22.2%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,219 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___K B in the 1st position and K in the 5th position B__S_ B in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _R__K R in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

OLATE TERRA TILDE PLATE CADET POTAE
Words starting with B Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.43 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.52 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRISK 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,219 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRISK ranks #5,219 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
890
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
201
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
33%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B R I S K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches BRISK in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

523
295
197
196
121
96
83
81
72
71
40
39
39
38
36
27
27
24
22
19
18
17
17
16
15
15
14
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRISK:

22% chance
Suggested:
OLATE
13% chance
Suggested:
TERRA
8% chance
Suggested:
TILDE

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
8.4% →
TILDE 5.09 bits
8.3% →
PLATE 5.63 bits
5.1% →
CADET 4.93 bits
4.1% →
OLATE 4.85 bits
3.5% →
POTAE 4.85 bits
3.4% →
HAOLE 5.04 bits
3.1% →
RIDER 4.36 bits
3.0% →
ALONE 4.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1I1S1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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