5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MINDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /maɪndz/

Noun

plural of mind

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mind

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 MINDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINDS 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 73.6% of games, misses completely in 26.4%, and leaves about 247 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,801 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__D_ M in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE STARE ROATE TRACE DROLE GRATE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
247 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINDS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,801 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINDS ranks #4,801 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,200
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
21%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

622
311
146
137
117
87
87
79
63
62
61
49
48
37
33
31
28
26
25
23
22
22
15
13
11
11
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINDS:

26% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
6% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.4% →
CARLE 6.28 bits
13.2% →
STARE 5.75 bits
6.2% →
ROATE 5.39 bits
5.8% →
TRACE 5.56 bits
5.0% →
DROLE 5.36 bits
3.7% →
GRATE 4.69 bits
3.7% →
ALURE 5.17 bits
3.3% →
PALET 4.77 bits
2.7% →
STILE 4.44 bits
2.6% →
ROATE 4.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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