5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MENSE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɛns/

Noun

Property, owndom; possessions.

Verb

To adorn, bring honour to; grace.

Noun

Decency; propriety; civility.

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 MENSE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MENSE 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 193 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,736 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__E E in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

CAROL ARIEL SAULT TRAIN GRATE CLARY
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
193 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MENSE 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,736 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MENSE ranks #7,736 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
823
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
219
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
39%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

528
197
176
174
165
97
82
80
66
60
58
54
45
42
33
31
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22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MENSE:

22% chance
Suggested:
CAROL
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
CAROL 5.96 bits
8.4% →
ARIEL 4.85 bits
7.5% →
SAULT 5.12 bits
7.4% →
TRAIN 5.28 bits
7.0% →
GRATE 4.61 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 5.01 bits
3.5% →
SHART 4.43 bits
3.4% →
PRIMO 4.66 bits
2.8% →
COALY 4.27 bits
2.5% →
SAUNT 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1N1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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