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METER

Yes, METER was the Wordle answer on August 19, 2024 (Wordle #1157).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmitəɹ/[ˈmiɾɚ]/ˈmiːtə/

Noun

A device that measures things.

Noun

A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.

Verb

To measure with a metering device.

Verb

To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.

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 19, 2024 (#1157).

See the full page for that puzzle: August 19, 2024 (#1157).

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

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How METER performs as a guess

METER is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.8% of games, misses completely in 20.2%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #5,576 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

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

M___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__R E in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Explore lists that match the beginning, ending or letters in METER.

First-turn measures

All four describe METER used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.73 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How METER 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#5,576 Rank among openers
Opening with METER left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.68 average. It ranks #5,576 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
222
6 guesses
19
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
32%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
E N T E R
D E T E R
M E T E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches METER in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

METER can come back 106 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

479 answers
221 answers
210 answers
207 answers
104 answers
97 answers
90 answers
83 answers
72 answers
61 answers
50 answers
46 answers
42 answers
38 answers
37 answers
33 answers
33 answers
28 answers
24 answers
24 answers
18 answers
17 answers
17 answers
16 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1T1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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

Try next

SLAIN DRAIN SAINT SLANE AROSE COAST

Strategy after playing METER

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to METER.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing METER:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
DRAIN
9% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.2% →
SLAIN 5.93 bits
9.3% →
DRAIN 5.05 bits
8.8% →
SAINT 5.58 bits
8.7% →
SLANE 5.40 bits
4.4% →
AROSE 4.24 bits
4.1% →
COAST 4.65 bits
3.8% →
SOILY 3.67 bits
3.5% →
SHALE 4.89 bits
3.0% →
SOILY 4.78 bits
2.6% →
ALIEN 4.50 bits

Research on METER

Game-tree analysis and word research for METER, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with METER, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.70 guesses and ranks #5,066 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with METER can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.68, at or below the proven-optimal 3.70, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it MEETUR.

Rhymes with PETER METRE LITER EATER

Related meanings

In WordNet's sense inventory, METER is a kind of metric or instrument.

Synonyms time m beat measure METRE cadence

Familiarity and learning

Frequency
METER sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 12 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
Learner level
Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A2); among the first words English learners study.
Dominant sense
Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (3.1 of 5).

In a sentence

Please put the meter on.
© tatoeba.org contributor tanay (CC BY 2.0 FR)
The wall is a meter high.
© tatoeba.org contributor CK (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).