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MINIM

MINIM is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 74.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪ.nɪm/

Noun

A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.

Noun

A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, ¹⁄₆₀ fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.

Alternative forms: minom, minum

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

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 MINIM performs as a guess

MINIM 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 51.9% of games, misses completely in 48.1%, and leaves about 608 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,585 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.97 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___M M in the 1st position and M in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__M I in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE SOARE STARE SATER STAGE PRASE
Words starting with M Words ending with M

First-turn measures

3.04 Entropy (bits)
608 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
74.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINIM 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.

3.97 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,585 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINIM ranks #14,585 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
571
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
457
6 guesses
44
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
52%
Green tile
24%
All gray
48%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C U M I N
M I N I M

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MINIM in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1135
248
171
126
93
91
90
81
59
32
30
30
25
17
16
11
9
8
8
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
3
3
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINIM:

48% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
SOARE
7% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

48.1% →
TARSE 6.31 bits
10.5% →
SOARE 5.42 bits
7.3% →
STARE 5.15 bits
5.3% →
SATER 4.48 bits
3.9% →
STAGE 4.22 bits
3.9% →
PRASE 5.04 bits
3.8% →
TALER 5.15 bits
3.4% →
CAGEY 4.63 bits
2.5% →
HAOLE 4.66 bits
1.4% →
SERAL 4.69 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1I1M3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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