5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

MERIT

Yes, MERIT was the Wordle answer on August 22, 2022 (Wordle #429).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɹɪt//ˈmɛɹət/

Noun

A claim to commendation or a reward.

Noun

A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.

“For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits.”

Verb

To deserve, to earn.

“Her performance merited wild applause.”

Verb

To be deserving or worthy.

“They were punished as they merited.”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 22, 2022 (#429).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MERIT performs as a guess

MERIT is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 107 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,024 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___T M in the 1st position and T in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__T E in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ALOSE SOLAR ARSON SONLY NASTY
Words starting with M Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.32 Entropy (bits)
107 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MERIT 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#2,024 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MERIT ranks #2,024 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
83
3 guesses
962
4 guesses
1,086
5 guesses
199
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
34%
All gray
13%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
C R E P T
M E R I T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MERIT in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

121 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
216
151
142
119
98
80
74
58
55
54
51
50
43
43
43
43
39
39
36
32
31
29
26
25
25
19
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MERIT:

13% chance
Suggested:
SALON
9% chance
Suggested:
ALOSE
6% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
SALON 5.80 bits
9.2% →
ALOSE 5.46 bits
6.4% →
SOLAR 4.41 bits
6.0% →
ARSON 4.96 bits
5.0% →
SONLY 4.96 bits
4.2% →
NASTY 4.86 bits
3.4% →
SLANE 4.53 bits
3.1% →
SCALE 4.65 bits
2.5% →
SLATE 4.61 bits
2.3% →
SNIDE 3.86 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1R1I1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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