5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MEIDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MEIDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEIDS 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 165 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,385 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.

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__D_ M in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position ME_DS M in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, D in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ALTER SLANT SLART ANTIC LEARE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
165 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.23 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEIDS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,385 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEIDS ranks #4,385 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
887
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
194
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:
EIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
29%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

389
320
202
149
142
120
84
71
59
57
56
46
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEIDS:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
14% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
CAROL 6.00 bits
13.6% →
ALTER 5.41 bits
8.6% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
6.3% →
SLART 5.00 bits
6.0% →
ANTIC 5.18 bits
5.1% →
LEARE 4.60 bits
3.6% →
CLARY 4.58 bits
3.0% →
BOARD 4.98 bits
2.5% →
LINER 4.63 bits
2.4% →
ARENE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1I1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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