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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

MINCE

Yes, MINCE was the Wordle answer on April 14, 2022 (Wordle #299).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɪns/

Noun

Finely chopped meat; minced meat.

“Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.”

Noun

Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.

“During Christmas time my dad loves to eat mince pies.”

Verb

To make less; to make small.

Verb

To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

Alternative forms: minch, minse

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: April 14, 2022 (#299).

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

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How MINCE performs as a guess

MINCE 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 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,087 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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.

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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__C_ M in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SORAL SOLAR SLART ROAST SALTY EATEN
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.94 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.01 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINCE 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,087 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINCE ranks #1,087 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
1,012
4 guesses
1,086
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
19
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:
EIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
37%
All gray
17%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I N G
M I N C E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MINCE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

401
296
198
125
120
79
79
75
68
62
49
49
44
39
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32
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINCE:

17% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
13% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
SORAL 6.04 bits
12.6% →
SOLAR 5.26 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.33 bits
5.3% →
SLART 5.51 bits
5.1% →
ROAST 5.18 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 5.16 bits
3.4% →
ROAST 4.48 bits
3.2% →
SALTY 4.45 bits
2.9% →
EATEN 4.32 bits
2.6% →
SAURY 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1C3E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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