5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MEDLE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

Obsolete form of meddle.

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 MEDLE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEDLE 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 73.4% of games, misses completely in 26.6%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,040 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SONAR ROAST DRAIN SHART STAIR
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.44 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.51 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEDLE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,040 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEDLE ranks #6,040 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
71
3 guesses
823
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
13
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
37%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

628
224
199
194
109
80
73
69
66
57
44
33
32
29
29
27
27
24
24
21
21
20
19
19
18
18
15
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEDLE:

27% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
9% chance
Suggested:
SONAR
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.6% →
SAINT 6.17 bits
9.5% →
SONAR 5.21 bits
8.4% →
ROAST 5.26 bits
8.2% →
ROAST 5.09 bits
4.6% →
DRAIN 5.25 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 5.01 bits
3.1% →
SHART 4.80 bits
2.9% →
STAIR 4.07 bits
2.8% →
LATER 4.23 bits
2.4% →
ROANY 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1D2L1E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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