5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MIEUX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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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 MIEUX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIEUX 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 79.0% of games, misses completely in 21.0%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,551 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__X I in the 2nd position and X in the 5th position

Try next

SLART LEARE SLANT SONLY TRINE SALTY
Words starting with M Words ending with X

First-turn measures

3.95 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 20% of evaluated openers
2.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIEUX 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,551 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIEUX ranks #13,551 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
674
4 guesses
1,237
5 guesses
369
6 guesses
36
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
24%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

61 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

495
478
217
186
138
112
106
83
56
50
39
38
37
36
28
27
22
21
16
14
14
13
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9
8
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIEUX:

21% chance
Suggested:
SLART
20% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.0% →
SLART 5.84 bits
20.3% →
LEARE 5.52 bits
9.2% →
SLANT 5.49 bits
7.9% →
SONLY 4.70 bits
5.9% →
SLART 5.19 bits
4.7% →
TRINE 4.55 bits
4.5% →
SALTY 4.22 bits
3.5% →
STURE 4.44 bits
2.4% →
RONTE 4.03 bits
2.1% →
CRAMP 4.75 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1E1U1X8
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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