5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

METIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtɪk//ˈmɛtək/[ˈmɛɾək]

Noun

In Ancient Greek city-states, a resident alien who did not have the rights of a citizen and who paid a tax for the right to live there.

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 METIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts METIC 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,529 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___C M in the 1st position and C in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__C E in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SOLAR ROAST SONLY CAROL RINSE
Words starting with M Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How METIC 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,529 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, METIC ranks #4,529 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,164
5 guesses
204
6 guesses
16
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:
EIT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
24%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
323
168
128
123
119
111
105
77
76
54
54
38
36
36
34
29
28
26
25
22
22
22
20
18
17
14
14
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing METIC:

16% chance
Suggested:
SALON
14% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
SALON 5.93 bits
13.7% →
SOLAR 5.51 bits
7.1% →
ROAST 5.40 bits
5.4% →
SONLY 4.93 bits
5.2% →
CAROL 5.17 bits
5.0% →
RINSE 4.76 bits
4.7% →
SAREE 5.04 bits
4.5% →
LEARE 4.61 bits
3.3% →
SHIRT 4.44 bits
3.2% →
AROSE 4.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1T1I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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