5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MELDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of meld

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of meld

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 MELDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MELDS 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 168 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,285 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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

TRAIN ORATE SAINT TONAL STAIR AINEE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
168 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MELDS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,285 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MELDS ranks #5,285 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,222
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
ELS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
22%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
293
211
172
148
117
90
87
66
56
53
46
42
37
33
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MELDS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
ORATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
TRAIN 6.10 bits
12.4% →
ORATE 5.31 bits
8.9% →
SAINT 5.33 bits
7.3% →
TONAL 5.07 bits
6.3% →
STAIR 4.85 bits
5.0% →
AINEE 4.57 bits
3.8% →
DRAIN 5.25 bits
3.7% →
RANCE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
DINER 4.63 bits
2.4% →
SHALL 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1L1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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