5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MELBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A dessert made originally from peach (now also other fruits), ice cream, and raspberry.

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 MELBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MELBA 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 178 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,531 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__B_ M in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT SIREE TRAIN TARSE SOULY COAST
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
178 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MELBA 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,531 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MELBA ranks #6,531 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
850
4 guesses
1,190
5 guesses
231
6 guesses
16
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
21%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

388
342
257
152
124
105
95
91
57
47
44
37
36
31
31
28
25
24
23
22
21
18
18
17
17
16
15
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MELBA:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
15% chance
Suggested:
SIREE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SNORT 5.97 bits
14.5% →
SIREE 5.42 bits
10.9% →
TRAIN 5.34 bits
6.4% →
TARSE 4.90 bits
5.3% →
SOULY 4.66 bits
4.5% →
COAST 4.35 bits
4.0% →
TERSE 4.50 bits
3.9% →
SIREE 4.39 bits
2.4% →
GLARE 3.85 bits
2.0% →
BURNT 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1L1B3A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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