5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MINAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mina - myna (bird)

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 MINAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINAS 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 82.9% of games, misses completely in 17.1%, and leaves about 158 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,759 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ROUET CARTE TRUCE THALE DROLE TRODE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
158 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINAS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,759 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINAS ranks #3,759 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
930
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
179
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AINS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
24%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

403
295
182
135
125
101
96
78
72
68
60
52
51
42
40
37
28
26
25
24
24
22
21
21
20
20
19
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINAS:

17% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
13% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.1% →
ROUET 5.89 bits
12.5% →
CARTE 5.47 bits
7.7% →
ROUET 5.47 bits
5.7% →
TRUCE 5.48 bits
5.3% →
THALE 5.01 bits
4.3% →
DROLE 5.16 bits
4.1% →
TRODE 4.39 bits
3.3% →
CLEAR 4.58 bits
3.1% →
GOIER 4.52 bits
2.9% →
TRODE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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