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MIMIC

Yes, MIMIC was the Wordle answer on August 6, 2021 (Wordle #48).

As an opener, it rules out about 72.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪm.ɪk/

Verb

To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.

Verb

To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

Noun

A person who practices mimicry; especially:

Noun

An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.

Alternative forms: mimick

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 6, 2021 (#48).

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

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How MIMIC performs as a guess

MIMIC is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 50.6% of games, misses completely in 49.4%, and leaves about 656 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,610 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.98 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___C M in the 1st position and C in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__C I in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

ROATE CHARE SNARE RONTE SLART AROSE
Words starting with M Words ending with C

First-turn measures

2.83 Entropy (bits)
656 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
72.2% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.11 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIMIC 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.

3.98 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,610 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIMIC ranks #14,610 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
530
4 guesses
1,291
5 guesses
465
6 guesses
35
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
I

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
51%
Green tile
21%
All gray
49%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C U M I N
M I M I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MIMIC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

49 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1166
297
227
147
96
84
63
40
34
25
24
20
18
13
11
11
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6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
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3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIMIC:

49% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
CHARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SNARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

49.4% →
ROATE 6.11 bits
12.6% →
CHARE 5.64 bits
9.6% →
SNARE 5.25 bits
6.2% →
RONTE 4.76 bits
4.1% →
SLART 5.20 bits
3.6% →
AROSE 5.35 bits
2.7% →
LOURE 4.79 bits
1.7% →
CRAKE 3.81 bits
1.4% →
ROANY 4.18 bits
1.1% →
SPALE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1M3I1C3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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