5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MEDIA

Yes, MEDIA was the Wordle answer on May 10, 2024 (Wordle #1056).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmiː.di.ə//ˈmɛ.di.ə//ˈmi.di.ə/

Noun

The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.

Noun

One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.

Adjective

Clipping of multimedia.

“I have media files stored on an external hard drive.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 10, 2024 (#1056).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MEDIA performs as a guess

MEDIA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,954 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SLOTH TORSE TARSE SHIRT RINSE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEDIA 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#5,954 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEDIA ranks #5,954 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
855
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
227
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
3 vowels
Common:
AEI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
24%
All gray
12%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
M E D I A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MEDIA in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

294
291
265
204
181
118
97
53
50
43
40
40
39
38
36
32
32
25
24
24
24
24
19
19
19
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12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEDIA:

12% chance
Suggested:
SLART
12% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
11% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.5% →
SLART 5.32 bits
12.3% →
SLOTH 5.71 bits
11.2% →
TORSE 5.52 bits
8.7% →
TARSE 4.83 bits
7.7% →
SHIRT 4.99 bits
5.0% →
RINSE 4.84 bits
4.1% →
RESET 4.47 bits
2.2% →
SWORD 4.44 bits
2.1% →
SLART 4.19 bits
1.8% →
COAST 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1D2I1A1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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