5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MEVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MEVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MEVES 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 69.3% of games, misses completely in 30.7%, and leaves about 321 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,983 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _E__S E in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position ME_ES M in the 1st position, E in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALON SLANT TIARE RAINY STAIR CLARY
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.89 Entropy (bits)
321 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 18% of evaluated openers
2.06 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MEVES 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,983 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MEVES ranks #12,983 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
674
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
337
6 guesses
22
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
29%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

724
295
269
147
131
119
86
61
36
32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEVES:

31% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.7% →
TALON 5.81 bits
12.5% →
SLANT 5.23 bits
11.4% →
TIARE 5.19 bits
6.2% →
RAINY 4.32 bits
5.6% →
STAIR 4.64 bits
5.0% →
CLARY 4.92 bits
3.6% →
PRIMO 4.58 bits
2.6% →
ROANY 4.50 bits
1.5% →
TRADE 3.78 bits
1.4% →
VIOLA 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1V4E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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