5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MINKE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪŋki/

Noun

Ellipsis of minke whale.

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 MINKE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINKE 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 80.2% of games, misses completely in 19.8%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,245 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__K_ M in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SLART SOLAR TRAIL ROAST SALTY CRAMP
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 57% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINKE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#6,245 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINKE ranks #6,245 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
866
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
206
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)
80%
Green tile
34%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

468
339
223
146
115
84
82
76
64
51
47
44
43
39
30
29
28
27
22
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINKE:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
14% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.8% →
SLART 6.03 bits
14.4% →
SOLAR 5.24 bits
9.5% →
SLART 5.35 bits
6.2% →
TRAIL 5.46 bits
4.9% →
ROAST 5.23 bits
3.6% →
SALTY 4.39 bits
3.5% →
ROAST 4.55 bits
3.2% →
CRAMP 4.83 bits
2.7% →
SOLAR 4.31 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.01 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1K5E1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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