5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MINAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ̯.niː//ˈmʌɪ̯.niː//ˈmaɪ̯.ni/

Noun

plural of mina

Alternative forms: minæ

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 MINAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINAE 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 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 110 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,280 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SURLY SETER SLART ROUSE SPILT FRONT
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.24 Entropy (bits)
110 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINAE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,280 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINAE ranks #3,280 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
86
3 guesses
910
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AEIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
38%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

119 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

257
231
220
122
116
110
85
75
73
61
60
53
52
51
47
44
43
41
37
29
27
22
21
21
20
18
17
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINAE:

11% chance
Suggested:
SURLY
10% chance
Suggested:
SETER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

10.9% →
SURLY 5.61 bits
9.8% →
SETER 5.49 bits
9.3% →
SLART 5.34 bits
5.2% →
SLART 4.68 bits
4.9% →
ROUSE 4.69 bits
4.7% →
SPILT 4.93 bits
3.6% →
SLART 4.60 bits
3.2% →
FRONT 4.59 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 3.90 bits
2.6% →
GRANT 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1A1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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