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

MIHAS

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

No dictionary definition for MIHAS 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 MIHAS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% 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 MIHAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIHAS 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 81.4% of games, misses completely in 18.6%, and leaves about 187 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #6,455 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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 MIHAS 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.

4.51 Entropy (bits)
187 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MIHAS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#6,455 Rank among openers
Opening with MIHAS left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.69 average. It ranks #6,455 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
15

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
21%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

MIHAS can come back 83 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

443 answers
333 answers
190 answers
181 answers
114 answers
103 answers
102 answers
94 answers
68 answers
68 answers
59 answers
51 answers
49 answers
41 answers
35 answers
30 answers
29 answers
27 answers
26 answers
26 answers
24 answers
21 answers
18 answers
18 answers
15 answers
14 answers
14 answers
11 answers
10 answers
9 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1H4A1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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

Strategy after playing MIHAS

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIHAS:

19% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.6% →
DROLE 5.93 bits
14.0% →
TRONE 5.41 bits
8.0% →
TRINE 5.49 bits
7.6% →
TONER 5.47 bits
4.8% →
SLATE 4.94 bits
4.3% →
DROLE 4.60 bits
4.3% →
CONTE 5.34 bits
3.9% →
RATEL 4.60 bits
2.9% →
STILE 4.34 bits
2.9% →
NADIR 4.54 bits

Research on MIHAS

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

Optimal play

Opening with MIHAS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.74 guesses and ranks #7,380 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.85 guesses at best and is rank #2,699 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.69, at or below the proven-optimal 3.74, 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).