5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

METHO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Methylated spirits.

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 METHO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts METHO 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,336 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___O M in the 1st position and O in the 5th position M__H_ M in the 1st position and H in the 4th position _E__O E in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL RAILE DROOL SAINT SLART RANEE
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.8% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How METHO 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,336 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, METHO ranks #6,336 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
845
4 guesses
1,218
5 guesses
214
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
21%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
354
218
155
126
122
121
89
80
55
45
37
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing METHO:

15% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROOL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
SNAIL 5.95 bits
15.0% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
9.2% →
DROOL 5.10 bits
6.6% →
SAINT 5.63 bits
5.3% →
SLART 5.01 bits
5.2% →
RANEE 4.55 bits
5.1% →
SONAR 4.42 bits
3.8% →
CLARY 5.05 bits
3.4% →
SLART 4.40 bits
2.3% →
CLAMP 4.98 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1T1H4O1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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