5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MINIS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mini

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 MINIS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINIS 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 67.1% of games, misses completely in 32.9%, and leaves about 343 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,110 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MI_IS M in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, I in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

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ROATE STARE CRATE LATER ALURE GRATE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
343 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINIS 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,110 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINIS ranks #11,110 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
740
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
274
6 guesses
24

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
67%
Green tile
24%
All gray
33%

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

776
332
182
116
101
95
73
71
71
66
58
55
31
27
26
23
22
20
18
16
16
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10
9
9
9
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINIS:

33% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
14% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
ROATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

32.9% →
ROATE 6.14 bits
14.1% →
STARE 5.72 bits
7.7% →
ROATE 5.31 bits
4.9% →
CRATE 5.19 bits
4.3% →
LATER 4.67 bits
4.0% →
ALURE 5.12 bits
3.1% →
GRATE 4.53 bits
3.0% →
LATER 5.05 bits
3.0% →
CAGEY 4.66 bits
2.8% →
ATONE 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1I1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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