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MIDST

Yes, MIDST was the Wordle answer on May 7, 2022 (Wordle #322).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɪdst/[mɪdst][mɪtst]

Noun

A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.

Preposition

Among, in the middle of; amidst.

“Mildred comes home from work early only to discover her husband, Robert, midst of a lewd affair with their neighbor, Gladys.”

Alternative forms: midest, middest, middis, middst

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: May 7, 2022 (#322).

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

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How MIDST performs as a guess

MIDST is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.9% of games, misses completely in 24.1%, and leaves about 201 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,625 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___T M in the 1st position and T in the 5th position M__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__T I in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE PARLE TARTE CRANE DRONE HAOLE
Words starting with M Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
201 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIDST 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,625 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIDST ranks #1,625 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
970
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
11
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
1 vowels
Common:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S H U N T
M I D S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MIDST in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

569
171
170
151
129
90
90
86
74
72
50
49
48
48
40
36
33
25
25
22
21
20
19
19
14
13
13
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIDST:

24% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.1% →
CARLE 6.31 bits
7.3% →
PARLE 5.49 bits
7.2% →
TARTE 5.60 bits
6.4% →
CRANE 5.59 bits
5.5% →
DRONE 5.46 bits
3.8% →
CARLE 5.11 bits
3.8% →
HAOLE 4.96 bits
3.6% →
ALURE 5.24 bits
3.1% →
PALER 4.68 bits
3.1% →
ROATE 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1D2S1T1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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