5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

METIF

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of metis (person of mixed parentage)

Alternative forms: metive

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 METIF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts METIF 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 192 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,227 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _E__F E in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SOLAR ROAST SONLY SAREE CARLE
Words starting with M Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
192 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How METIF 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,227 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, METIF ranks #7,227 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,238
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
14
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)
82%
Green tile
25%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

433
372
176
147
127
122
119
69
69
66
46
45
38
36
34
30
30
26
22
21
16
15
15
15
14
14
12
12
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing METIF:

18% chance
Suggested:
SALON
16% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
7% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
SALON 5.88 bits
15.8% →
SOLAR 5.49 bits
7.5% →
ROAST 5.47 bits
6.2% →
SONLY 4.82 bits
5.4% →
SAREE 4.98 bits
5.2% →
CARLE 4.57 bits
5.0% →
RINSE 4.78 bits
2.9% →
SORAL 4.55 bits
2.9% →
CRAMP 4.80 bits
2.8% →
SAINT 4.31 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1T1I1F4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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