Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

MIGMA

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

No dictionary definition for MIGMA is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use MIGMA in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 83.9% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How MIGMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIGMA 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 384 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #13,815 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe MIGMA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.57 Entropy (bits)
384 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.9% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MIGMA 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.74 Spread of game lengths
#13,815 Rank among openers
Opening with MIGMA left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.74 means those games clustered within about 0.74 of a guess of the 3.89 average. It ranks #13,815 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
633
4 guesses
1,240
5 guesses
407
6 guesses
26

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
19%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

MIGMA can come back 69 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

701 answers
559 answers
253 answers
128 answers
93 answers
85 answers
58 answers
50 answers
45 answers
39 answers
38 answers
34 answers
30 answers
26 answers
20 answers
19 answers
18 answers
16 answers
14 answers
14 answers
13 answers
11 answers
11 answers
8 answers
8 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
5 answers
4 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1G2M3A1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing MIGMA

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to MIGMA.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIGMA:

29% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
23% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
SOREL 6.05 bits
23.4% →
TARSE 5.55 bits
10.6% →
TRINE 5.42 bits
5.4% →
RONTE 4.51 bits
3.9% →
NADIR 4.61 bits
3.6% →
LOURE 5.30 bits
2.4% →
TRADE 4.53 bits
2.1% →
SOLER 4.65 bits
1.9% →
SENOR 3.90 bits
1.6% →
SERAL 4.42 bits

Research on MIGMA

Game-tree analysis and word research for MIGMA, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with MIGMA, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.89 guesses and ranks #13,620 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 4.00 guesses at best and is rank #6,134 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.89, at or below the proven-optimal 3.89, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).