5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

METED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

simple past and past participle of mete

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 METED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts METED 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 75.0% of games, misses completely in 25.0%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,189 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___D M in the 1st position and D in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__D E in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SALON ROAST SORAL SOLAR SCARE CRAMP
Words starting with M Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How METED 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,189 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, METED ranks #8,189 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,282
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
33%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

589
281
256
127
109
90
76
72
67
52
52
49
32
32
29
27
25
24
22
18
18
18
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14
13
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing METED:

25% chance
Suggested:
SALON
12% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
11% chance
Suggested:
SORAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.0% →
SALON 5.89 bits
11.9% →
ROAST 5.45 bits
10.9% →
SORAL 5.35 bits
5.4% →
SOLAR 4.44 bits
4.6% →
SCARE 4.79 bits
3.8% →
CRAMP 4.94 bits
3.2% →
DANDY 4.69 bits
3.1% →
CLARY 4.71 bits
2.8% →
ALURE 4.48 bits
2.2% →
LAIRY 4.29 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1T1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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