5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MERLS

MERLS 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

Noun

plural of merl

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 MERLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MERLS 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 87.7% of games, misses completely in 12.3%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,105 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__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONIC IRATE TRAIN DAINE SAINT TONAL
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.09 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MERLS 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
0.70 Volatility
#3,105 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MERLS ranks #3,105 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
935
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ELRS

Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

289
193
180
161
157
142
105
93
64
54
52
48
48
42
40
39
35
34
32
32
28
23
23
23
23
22
21
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MERLS:

12% chance
Suggested:
TONIC
8% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.3% →
TONIC 5.81 bits
8.2% →
IRATE 4.37 bits
7.6% →
TRAIN 5.39 bits
6.8% →
DAINE 5.20 bits
6.7% →
SAINT 5.43 bits
6.0% →
TONAL 5.02 bits
4.5% →
STANE 4.79 bits
3.9% →
AINEE 4.68 bits
2.7% →
THANE 4.37 bits
2.3% →
IDYLL 3.93 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1R1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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