5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MEFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of meff

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 MEFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEFFS 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 71.5% of games, misses completely in 28.5%, and leaves about 361 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,937 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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__F_ M in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON ORATE SAULT STAIR CLARY PRIMO
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.47 Entropy (bits)
361 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 6% of evaluated openers
2.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEFFS 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,937 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEFFS ranks #13,937 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
593
4 guesses
1,342
5 guesses
364
6 guesses
23
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
1 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
18%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

50 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

673
484
280
192
156
83
71
59
49
38
34
28
23
19
16
12
12
11
10
10
8
7
7
7
6
6
5
4
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEFFS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TALON
21% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.5% →
TALON 5.84 bits
20.5% →
ORATE 5.15 bits
11.9% →
SAULT 5.24 bits
8.1% →
STAIR 4.79 bits
6.6% →
CLARY 4.75 bits
3.5% →
PRIMO 4.57 bits
3.0% →
ROANY 4.81 bits
2.5% →
ROANY 4.54 bits
2.1% →
LAREE 4.37 bits
1.6% →
ARIEL 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1F4F4S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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