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MEVES

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

No dictionary definition for MEVES is recorded in our sourced data.

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 323 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #12,983 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___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

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

First-turn measures

All four describe MEVES 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.

3.89 Entropy (bits)
323 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 opening guess: previous 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
99.92% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#12,983 Rank among openers
Opening with MEVES left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.84 average. It 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 (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
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Feedback chances

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

Feedback distribution

MEVES can come back 66 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

729 answers
298 answers
269 answers
149 answers
131 answers
119 answers
86 answers
61 answers
37 answers
32 answers
32 answers
29 answers
28 answers
28 answers
25 answers
25 answers
23 answers
21 answers
19 answers
17 answers
16 answers
16 answers
13 answers
12 answers
12 answers
12 answers
11 answers
10 answers
8 answers
8 answers

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.

Try next

TALON SAULT TIARE RAINY STAIR CLARY

Strategy after playing MEVES

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MEVES:

31% chance
Suggested:
TALON
13% chance
Suggested:
SAULT
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
12.6% →
SAULT 5.20 bits
11.3% →
TIARE 5.19 bits
6.3% →
RAINY 4.32 bits
5.5% →
STAIR 4.64 bits
5.0% →
CLARY 4.92 bits
3.6% →
LOAMY 4.68 bits
2.6% →
ROANY 4.50 bits
1.6% →
TRADE 3.80 bits
1.3% →
SONAR 4.01 bits

Research on MEVES

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

Optimal play

Opening with MEVES, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.83 guesses and ranks #12,084 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 MEVES can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.84; proven optimal play reaches 3.83. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

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

One syllable Say it MEEVZ. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.