5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

MELEE

MELEE is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 86.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛˌleɪ//ˈmɛ.li//ˈmeɪˌleɪ/

Noun

A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.

Noun

A loud, confused or tumultuous fight, argument or scrap.

Verb

To physically hit in close quarters, as opposed to shooting, blowing up, or other ranged means of damage. Often refers to the usage of a hand-to-hand weapon.

Adjective

Of a weapon: used in close-range combat, e.g. a sword. Compare with ranged.

Alternative forms: mêlée, melée

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 MELEE performs as a guess

MELEE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 67.7% of games, misses completely in 32.3%, and leaves about 331 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,780 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST COAST SONAR SHART SLANT SOILY
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

3.88 Entropy (bits)
331 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MELEE 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,780 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MELEE ranks #12,780 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
689
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
333
6 guesses
22
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

3/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
45%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
A B B E Y
M E L E E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MELEE in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

761
271
237
152
100
91
90
67
64
62
43
39
35
28
26
25
19
18
16
16
13
13
11
11
11
10
9
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MELEE:

32% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
COAST
10% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.3% →
ROAST 6.02 bits
11.5% →
COAST 5.12 bits
10.1% →
ROAST 5.19 bits
6.4% →
SONAR 4.55 bits
4.2% →
SHART 4.80 bits
3.9% →
ROAST 4.96 bits
3.8% →
SHART 5.25 bits
2.8% →
SLANT 4.14 bits
2.7% →
SOILY 4.43 bits
2.6% →
SONAR 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1L1E1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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