5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MIDIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of midi

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 MIDIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIDIS 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 64.8% of games, misses completely in 35.2%, and leaves about 392 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,799 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MI_IS M in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, I in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE STARE DRONE TRONE PALET ROULE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.63 Entropy (bits)
392 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIDIS 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#11,799 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIDIS ranks #11,799 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
38
3 guesses
707
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
289
6 guesses
17
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:
IS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
22%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

829
379
156
153
107
101
75
68
64
44
38
32
28
26
26
21
21
20
19
12
11
9
9
8
8
7
6
6
6
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIDIS:

35% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
16% chance
Suggested:
STARE
7% chance
Suggested:
DRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.2% →
ROATE 6.12 bits
16.1% →
STARE 5.67 bits
6.6% →
DRONE 5.42 bits
6.5% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
4.5% →
PALET 4.71 bits
4.3% →
ROULE 5.22 bits
3.2% →
TALER 5.04 bits
2.9% →
STANE 4.10 bits
2.7% →
CANOE 4.79 bits
1.9% →
ROULE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1D2I1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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