5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MINAR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A minaret.

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 MINAR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINAR 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 86.2% of games, misses completely in 13.8%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,334 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STOLE SLATE SCOTE TRACE STILE CLOTE
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 87% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINAR 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,334 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINAR ranks #1,334 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
67
3 guesses
991
4 guesses
1,101
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
10
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AINR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
29%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

326
262
202
125
121
94
84
76
73
65
64
61
44
44
40
40
36
34
31
25
24
24
24
23
20
19
18
17
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINAR:

14% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SCOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.8% →
STOLE 6.06 bits
11.1% →
SLATE 5.77 bits
8.6% →
SCOTE 5.51 bits
5.3% →
TRACE 4.77 bits
5.1% →
STILE 5.42 bits
4.0% →
STOLE 5.12 bits
3.6% →
CLOTE 4.21 bits
3.2% →
SOULY 3.96 bits
3.1% →
STONE 4.36 bits
2.8% →
TRICE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1A1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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