5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MEADS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mead

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 MEADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEADS 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 139 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,410 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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.

M___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__D_ M in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position ME_DS M in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, D in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRONE TALON SNOUT ALTER SPIRE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.92 Entropy (bits)
139 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.03 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEADS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,410 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEADS ranks #3,410 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
886
4 guesses
1,213
5 guesses
168
6 guesses
12
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
2 vowels
Common:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
29%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

331
265
211
169
122
121
90
77
73
66
57
55
47
38
35
30
29
28
27
26
24
23
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20
17
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEADS:

14% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TALON

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.0% →
COUNT 5.87 bits
11.2% →
TRONE 5.28 bits
8.9% →
TALON 5.31 bits
7.2% →
SNOUT 4.93 bits
5.2% →
ALTER 4.77 bits
5.1% →
SPIRE 4.76 bits
3.8% →
REBEL 4.30 bits
3.3% →
ROUND 4.88 bits
3.1% →
CRINE 4.26 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1A1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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