5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MERIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

Check MERIS on Wiktionary or report a missing entry.

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 MERIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MERIS 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 87.8% of games, misses completely in 12.2%, and leaves about 115 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,248 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CLOUT ALONE ORATE SLANT ACORN GLINT
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.11 Entropy (bits)
115 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MERIS 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,248 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MERIS ranks #3,248 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
926
4 guesses
1,115
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
27%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

288
203
164
158
146
138
110
89
78
59
57
53
49
49
49
44
40
35
32
27
27
27
24
23
18
17
17
16
16
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MERIS:

12% chance
Suggested:
CLOUT
9% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
7% chance
Suggested:
ORATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.2% →
CLOUT 5.70 bits
8.6% →
ALONE 5.38 bits
7.0% →
ORATE 4.34 bits
6.7% →
SLANT 5.29 bits
6.2% →
ACORN 4.87 bits
5.8% →
GLINT 4.91 bits
4.7% →
SHALT 4.99 bits
3.8% →
THALE 4.69 bits
3.3% →
ANILE 4.46 bits
2.5% →
ANTIC 4.45 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1R1I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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