5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MIFFY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪ.fi/

Adjective

Easily irritated or offended.

Adjective

Particular; fussy.

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 MIFFY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIFFY 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 54.7% of games, misses completely in 45.3%, and leaves about 570 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,485 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.95 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__F_ M in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE SARED RONTE SOARE URATE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.08 Entropy (bits)
570 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIFFY 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.

3.95 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,485 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIFFY ranks #14,485 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
27
3 guesses
569
4 guesses
1,281
5 guesses
436
6 guesses
38
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
1 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
28%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1067
325
233
124
120
78
58
36
35
34
28
23
22
15
14
13
12
11
9
8
8
7
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIFFY:

45% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
SARED

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.3% →
TARSE 6.29 bits
13.8% →
TRINE 5.43 bits
9.9% →
SARED 4.97 bits
5.3% →
RONTE 4.87 bits
5.1% →
SOARE 5.30 bits
3.3% →
URATE 5.06 bits
2.5% →
RANCE 4.79 bits
1.5% →
SOARE 4.29 bits
1.5% →
STADE 3.25 bits
1.4% →
LAYER 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1F4F4Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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