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

MEDIC

Yes, MEDIC was the Wordle answer on August 10, 2024 (Wordle #1148).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪk/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.

Noun

A physician.

Noun

A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.

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: August 10, 2024 (#1148).

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

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How MEDIC performs as a guess

MEDIC 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 80.6% of games, misses completely in 19.4%, and leaves about 202 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,564 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___C M in the 1st position and C in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST TARSE SAINT SLART RINSE CRATE
Words starting with M Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
202 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 51% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEDIC 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,564 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEDIC ranks #4,564 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,224
5 guesses
180
6 guesses
11
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:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
22%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S I L E N
E D I F Y
M E D I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MEDIC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

457
382
184
151
123
113
93
82
61
55
54
42
40
36
31
27
26
25
22
20
20
20
17
17
17
15
12
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEDIC:

19% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
16% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.4% →
ROAST 6.08 bits
16.2% →
TARSE 5.65 bits
7.8% →
SAINT 5.24 bits
6.4% →
ROAST 5.33 bits
5.2% →
SLART 4.96 bits
4.8% →
RINSE 4.80 bits
3.9% →
CRATE 5.00 bits
3.5% →
ROUND 5.00 bits
2.6% →
SAURY 4.66 bits
2.3% →
SLART 5.13 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1D2I1C3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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