5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MELIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛlɪk/

Adjective

Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse.

Noun

Any of various grasses, of the genus Melica, from northern temperate regions.

Alternative forms: melick

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 MELIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MELIC 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,582 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___C M in the 1st position and C in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT ROAST SAINT SAREE COURT RINSE
Words starting with M Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MELIC 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,582 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MELIC ranks #2,582 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,186
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
14
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:
EIL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
324
155
137
117
115
111
106
79
52
51
48
45
41
35
35
34
33
32
27
25
21
20
17
16
15
15
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MELIC:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
14% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
SNORT 6.02 bits
13.7% →
ROAST 5.57 bits
6.6% →
SAINT 5.21 bits
5.8% →
ROAST 5.16 bits
5.0% →
SAREE 4.47 bits
4.9% →
COURT 5.38 bits
4.7% →
RINSE 4.81 bits
4.5% →
REATE 4.70 bits
3.4% →
CRATE 5.02 bits
2.2% →
ROAST 4.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1L1I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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