5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

BROWS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /bɹaʊz/

Noun

plural of brow

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 BROWS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts BROWS 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 75.5% of games, misses completely in 24.5%, and leaves about 240 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,742 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__W_ B in the 1st position and W in the 4th position _R__S R in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

LIANE STALE PALET LEANT CADET CORER
Words starting with B Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
240 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.67 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How BROWS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,742 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, BROWS ranks #7,742 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
829
4 guesses
1,233
5 guesses
233
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)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

577
288
247
184
129
101
86
66
58
53
51
39
38
33
25
20
19
19
18
16
15
15
15
14
14
13
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing BROWS:

24% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
10% chance
Suggested:
PALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.5% →
LIANE 6.21 bits
12.2% →
STALE 5.71 bits
10.5% →
PALET 5.18 bits
7.8% →
LEANT 5.10 bits
5.5% →
CADET 5.14 bits
4.3% →
CORER 4.50 bits
3.6% →
SPATE 4.95 bits
2.8% →
ALINE 4.92 bits
2.5% →
GLACE 4.54 bits
2.2% →
PALET 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

B3R1O1W4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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