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

METAL

Yes, METAL was the Wordle answer on May 14, 2022 (Wordle #329).

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.təl/

Noun

Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.

Noun

A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).

Adjective

Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.

Adjective

Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.

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: May 14, 2022 (#329).

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

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How METAL performs as a guess

METAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.8% of games, misses completely in 11.2%, and leaves about 114 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,575 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___L M in the 1st position and L in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _E__L E in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

IRONE IRONY CAIRN SHOUT COULD SARGE
Words starting with M Words ending with L

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
114 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 93% of evaluated openers
0.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How METAL 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#1,575 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, METAL ranks #1,575 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
948
4 guesses
1,128
5 guesses
173
6 guesses
17
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AELT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
27%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
F E T A L
M E T A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches METAL in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

268
263
175
155
120
104
88
86
74
72
68
44
40
39
28
28
27
26
25
24
23
23
22
22
21
20
20
19
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17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing METAL:

11% chance
Suggested:
IRONE
11% chance
Suggested:
IRONY
7% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.4% →
IRONE 5.24 bits
11.2% →
IRONY 5.56 bits
7.4% →
CAIRN 5.18 bits
6.6% →
SHOUT 5.37 bits
5.1% →
COULD 4.81 bits
4.4% →
SARGE 4.47 bits
3.7% →
SAINT 4.57 bits
3.6% →
SIREE 5.03 bits
3.1% →
NERVE 4.33 bits
3.1% →
BIOSE 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1T1A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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