- Average remaining
- 1.0
- Worst branch
- 1
- Information
- 2.0 bits
It is a deliberate probe rather than a possible answer here: the point is to separate the candidates cleanly.
Five-letter words starting with MER
Our Wordle guess list has 19 five-letter words that start with MER.
19 matching words
Refine these results in Word Finder →- MERCY past answer possible answer
- MERGE past answer possible answer
- MERIT past answer possible answer
- MERRY past answer possible answer
- MERCH Wordle guess
- MERLE Wordle guess
- MERCS Wordle guess
- MERDE Wordle guess
- MERDS Wordle guess
- MERED Wordle guess
- MEREL Wordle guess
- MERER Wordle guess
- MERES Wordle guess
- MERIL Wordle guess
- MERIS Wordle guess
- MERKS Wordle guess
- MERLS Wordle guess
- MERSE Wordle guess
- MERSK Wordle guess
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This list has 19 Wordle guesses; 4 are possible answers. The calculator compared 14,786 Wordle guesses against those 4 answers. Possible-answer status helps narrow a puzzle, but does not predict which word Wordle will choose.
Past Wordle answers: MERCY (October 18, 2023); MERGE (April 9, 2024); MERIT (August 22, 2022); MERRY (October 2, 2023).
ACARI does not fit this page's clues. MERCY keeps every clue shown here and leaves an average remainder of 1.5 (2 in its worst branch). Check any additional yellow-position clues in the full Solver.
No obvious one-slot trap. The possible answers do not form a three-word-or-larger family that differs in only one position.
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Where these letters usually land
The MER prefix fixes these letters in positions 1, 2 and 3; the figures below show whether extra copies appear elsewhere.
- M most often the 1st letter (100% of these words).
- E most often the 2nd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (21%), 5th (21%).
- R most often the 3rd letter (100% of these words), also 4th (5%), 5th (5%).
What the labels mean
Every match is in our Wordle guess list. “Possible answer” marks words on the answer list used by this site's solver, while “Past answer” marks words already used. For more filters, continue this search in Word Finder.