5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MEREL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MEREL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEREL 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 172 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,158 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___L M in the 1st position and L in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT TRAIN COAST STALE SOAPY SATIN
Words starting with M Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.76 Entropy (bits)
172 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 69% of evaluated openers
1.19 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEREL 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
0.71 Volatility
#5,158 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEREL ranks #5,158 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
907
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
16
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:
ELR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
35%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
239
215
191
115
99
94
68
59
59
55
48
46
31
27
26
25
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21
18
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEREL:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
COAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
SAINT 6.18 bits
10.1% →
TRAIN 5.35 bits
9.1% →
COAST 5.13 bits
8.1% →
SAINT 5.56 bits
4.9% →
COAST 4.80 bits
4.2% →
STALE 4.57 bits
4.0% →
SAINT 3.68 bits
2.9% →
COAST 4.88 bits
2.5% →
SAINT 4.63 bits
2.5% →
SOAPY 4.62 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1R1E1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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