5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BRODS

BRODS 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

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of brod

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 BRODS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BRODS 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 78.6% of games, misses completely in 21.4%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,788 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__D_ B in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE STALE PALET TONAL PLATE ANILE
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BRODS 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
0.68 Volatility
#3,788 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BRODS ranks #3,788 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
188
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:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
28%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

504
286
223
153
104
101
100
92
58
56
55
42
36
36
35
33
27
23
19
17
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15
15
15
15
13
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12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BRODS:

21% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
PALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.4% →
LIANE 6.21 bits
12.1% →
STALE 5.70 bits
9.5% →
PALET 5.29 bits
6.5% →
TONAL 5.15 bits
4.4% →
PLATE 4.95 bits
4.3% →
ANILE 5.32 bits
4.2% →
TARRE 4.62 bits
3.9% →
STRAE 4.76 bits
2.5% →
PALET 3.60 bits
2.4% →
PLATE 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1O1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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