5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MIAOU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of miaow.

Verb

Alternative spelling of miaow.

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 MIAOU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIAOU 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 91.3% of games, misses completely in 8.7%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,641 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___U M in the 1st position and U in the 5th position M__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__U I in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TALER SNORE STARE STEER NURSE TRINE
Words starting with M Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.60 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.35 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIAOU 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#10,641 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIAOU ranks #10,641 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,176
5 guesses
306
6 guesses
31
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
4 vowels
Common:
AIOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
91%
Green tile
31%
All gray
9%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

280
264
213
204
199
196
137
70
66
61
50
50
48
44
38
28
27
27
24
21
20
18
18
17
16
15
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIAOU:

12% chance
Suggested:
TALER
11% chance
Suggested:
SNORE
9% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.9% →
TALER 5.47 bits
11.2% →
SNORE 5.16 bits
9.0% →
STARE 4.72 bits
8.7% →
STEER 5.63 bits
8.4% →
NURSE 5.22 bits
8.3% →
TRINE 5.20 bits
5.8% →
RONTE 4.27 bits
3.0% →
CRUET 4.52 bits
2.8% →
CAIRN 4.39 bits
2.6% →
TONAL 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1A1O1U1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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