5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MEALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of meal

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 MEALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEALS 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 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,186 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRODE TARDY SNOUT SPREE TARGE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.25 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 94% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEALS 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,186 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEALS ranks #2,186 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
159
6 guesses
14
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:
AELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
33%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

114 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

289
255
164
142
107
90
86
85
70
68
64
48
43
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEALS:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
11% chance
Suggested:
TRODE
7% chance
Suggested:
TARDY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.3% →
COUNT 5.82 bits
10.8% →
TRODE 5.29 bits
7.0% →
TARDY 4.89 bits
6.0% →
SNOUT 5.11 bits
4.5% →
SPREE 4.83 bits
3.8% →
TARGE 4.63 bits
3.6% →
DETER 4.37 bits
3.6% →
CLOUT 4.65 bits
3.0% →
TONAL 4.56 bits
2.9% →
GOIER 4.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1A1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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