Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MICHI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.1% of possible answers.

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 MICHI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MICHI 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 58.2% of games, misses completely in 41.8%, and leaves about 493 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,426 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 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.

First-turn measures

3.31 Entropy (bits)
493 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MICHI 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,426 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MICHI ranks #13,426 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
655
4 guesses
1,290
5 guesses
352
6 guesses
24
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:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
58%
Green tile
15%
All gray
42%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

986
285
184
174
124
104
79
65
53
32
32
28
19
18
13
12
11
9
9
9
9
9
8
6
6
6
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MICHI:

42% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SNARE
8% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

41.8%
ROATE 6.06 bits
12.1%
SNARE 5.44 bits
7.8%
CRANE 5.75 bits
7.4%
TARSE 5.89 bits
5.3%
RONTE 4.73 bits
4.4%
SOARE 5.17 bits
3.4%
COATE 4.64 bits
2.8%
ROULE 4.74 bits
2.2%
TRINE 4.11 bits
1.4%
LATER 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1C3H4I1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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