5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MEKKA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

Alternative spelling of Mecca.

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 MEKKA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEKKA 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 316 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,187 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__K_ M in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT SIREE TRAIL SLART DETER PRIMO
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
316 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEKKA 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#14,187 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEKKA ranks #14,187 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
593
4 guesses
1,307
5 guesses
389
6 guesses
32
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
19%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
456
395
220
140
63
62
59
40
38
37
36
32
25
24
16
14
13
12
12
10
9
9
9
8
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6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEKKA:

23% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
19% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SNORT 5.78 bits
19.3% →
SIREE 5.34 bits
16.8% →
TRAIL 5.26 bits
9.3% →
SLART 4.95 bits
5.9% →
DETER 4.33 bits
2.7% →
PRIMO 4.62 bits
2.6% →
CLARY 4.32 bits
2.5% →
CRISE 4.27 bits
1.7% →
SLART 4.24 bits
1.6% →
SONLY 4.02 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1K5K5A1
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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