5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MENES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mene

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 MENES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MENES 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 206 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,203 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position ME_ES M in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL SAULT GRATE TRAIN LAIRY SLART
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
206 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MENES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,203 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MENES ranks #8,203 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
804
4 guesses
1,264
5 guesses
220
6 guesses
16

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
234
231
174
131
116
97
80
66
63
56
45
31
29
28
25
25
23
23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MENES:

22% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
10% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
10% chance
Suggested:
GRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
CAROL 5.96 bits
9.9% →
SAULT 5.29 bits
9.8% →
GRATE 5.22 bits
7.4% →
TRAIN 5.28 bits
5.6% →
LAIRY 4.20 bits
4.9% →
SLART 4.85 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 5.01 bits
3.4% →
PRIMO 4.66 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.27 bits
2.7% →
SAUNT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1N1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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