5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MELOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The melody in Ancient Greek music.

Noun

plural of melo

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 MELOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MELOS 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 87.4% of games, misses completely in 12.6%, and leaves about 132 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,027 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TRADE THORN SAUNT RAINY STAIR
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
132 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MELOS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,027 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MELOS ranks #4,027 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
69
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
24%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

298
277
166
156
135
125
115
113
95
62
53
52
49
38
36
36
30
30
27
26
25
23
19
19
18
18
17
17
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MELOS:

13% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
7% chance
Suggested:
THORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.6% →
TRAIN 5.99 bits
11.7% →
TRADE 5.43 bits
7.0% →
THORN 5.07 bits
6.6% →
SAUNT 5.35 bits
5.7% →
RAINY 4.81 bits
5.3% →
STAIR 4.87 bits
4.9% →
RAILE 4.55 bits
4.8% →
REATE 4.55 bits
4.0% →
RONTE 4.52 bits
2.6% →
LOCAL 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1L1O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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