5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MERED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of mere

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 MERED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MERED 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 73.7% of games, misses completely in 26.3%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,753 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___D M in the 1st position and D in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT COAST SOILY SOAPY DONUT SHALT
Words starting with M Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MERED 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,753 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MERED ranks #4,753 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
18

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
35%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

620
253
226
103
96
76
74
67
64
60
46
42
37
32
31
29
27
26
25
22
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MERED:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.3% →
SLANT 6.07 bits
10.7% →
SLANT 5.82 bits
9.6% →
COAST 5.45 bits
4.4% →
COAST 4.89 bits
4.1% →
SOILY 3.60 bits
3.2% →
COAST 4.85 bits
3.1% →
SOAPY 4.81 bits
2.8% →
DONUT 4.59 bits
2.7% →
SHALT 4.66 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1R1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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