5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MIMEO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪm.ɪ.əʊ//ˈmɪm.i.oʊ//ˈmɪm.ɪ.əʉ/

Verb

To make one or more copies using a mimeograph (machine).

Noun

Clipping of mimeograph (“type of copying machine”).

Noun

Clipping of mimeograph (“a copy made by such a machine”).

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 MIMEO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIMEO 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,986 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___O M in the 1st position and O in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SLANT SERAL SNORE STIRE SALTY
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.15 Entropy (bits)
224 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIMEO 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,986 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIMEO ranks #11,986 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
706
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
325
6 guesses
20
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
3 vowels
Common:
EIO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
28%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
386
313
211
167
111
104
91
55
45
42
37
33
29
27
22
21
21
18
15
15
12
12
11
9
8
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIMEO:

17% chance
Suggested:
SLART
16% chance
Suggested:
SLART
13% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
SLART 5.84 bits
16.4% →
SLART 5.96 bits
13.3% →
SLART 5.21 bits
8.9% →
SLANT 5.55 bits
7.1% →
SERAL 4.51 bits
4.7% →
SNORE 4.45 bits
4.4% →
STIRE 4.38 bits
3.9% →
SALTY 4.35 bits
2.3% →
WOVEN 3.33 bits
1.9% →
TONIC 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1M3E1O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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