5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MICRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

Check MICRA on Wiktionary or report a missing entry.

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 MICRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MICRA 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 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 159 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,106 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__R_ M in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE TOUSE STONE GREAT CLONE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.78 Entropy (bits)
159 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.17 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MICRA 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,106 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MICRA ranks #3,106 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
928
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
13
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
22%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
317
228
156
144
97
88
76
66
56
49
47
45
44
42
38
35
29
27
25
22
21
16
16
15
15
15
13
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MICRA:

15% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
STOLE 6.05 bits
13.4% →
SLATE 5.74 bits
9.7% →
TOUSE 5.42 bits
6.6% →
STONE 5.33 bits
6.1% →
GREAT 4.30 bits
4.1% →
STOLE 4.47 bits
3.7% →
CLONE 5.26 bits
3.2% →
SLATE 4.88 bits
2.8% →
BLITE 4.27 bits
2.4% →
ANVIL 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1C3R1A1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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