5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MIDGE

Yes, MIDGE was the Wordle answer on July 23, 2022 (Wordle #399).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.

Noun

A small, short or insignificant person.

Alternative forms: midgie, midgy, midgey, minge

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 23, 2022 (#399).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MIDGE performs as a guess

MIDGE is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 219 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,876 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__G_ M in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SOLAR ROAST SLANT ROUND CRAMP
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
219 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIDGE 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,876 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIDGE ranks #4,876 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
186
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
32%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
M I D G E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MIDGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

529
345
202
189
85
71
70
64
61
54
41
36
32
32
32
32
29
28
25
20
19
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIDGE:

22% chance
Suggested:
COAST
15% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4% →
COAST 6.06 bits
14.6% →
SOLAR 5.26 bits
8.6% →
ROAST 5.32 bits
8.0% →
SLANT 5.54 bits
3.6% →
ROUND 4.93 bits
3.0% →
CRAMP 4.88 bits
3.0% →
SALTY 4.36 bits
2.7% →
SONAR 4.84 bits
2.6% →
TREAD 4.52 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1D2G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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