5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MEBOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmiːbɒs//ˈmibɔs/

Noun

A type of sweet snack food consisting of dried apricot made into a pulp and flavoured with salt and sugar.

Alternative forms: meebos, meibos

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 MEBOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEBOS 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 83.1% of games, misses completely in 16.9%, and leaves about 189 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,710 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.

M___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL RAILE CRONY SAULT PARTE REATE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
189 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEBOS 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
#7,710 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEBOS ranks #7,710 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
10
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
23%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

399
361
206
200
150
130
103
60
55
47
46
41
38
35
32
32
26
25
23
22
22
17
16
14
14
13
11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEBOS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRONY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.9% →
TRAIL 5.96 bits
15.3% →
RAILE 5.38 bits
8.7% →
CRONY 4.89 bits
8.5% →
SAULT 5.30 bits
6.4% →
PARTE 4.83 bits
5.5% →
REATE 4.51 bits
4.4% →
RONTE 4.46 bits
2.5% →
SHORT 4.38 bits
2.3% →
TALER 4.48 bits
2.0% →
RAINY 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1B3O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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