5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MINKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɪŋks/

Noun

plural of mink

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 MINKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINKS 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 70.2% of games, misses completely in 29.8%, and leaves about 293 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,944 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__K_ M in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.09 Entropy (bits)
293 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 27% of evaluated openers
1.86 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINKS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#7,944 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINKS ranks #7,944 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
822
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
217
6 guesses
18
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
1 vowels
Common:
INS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
20%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

703
300
179
153
109
94
91
67
57
55
54
47
29
27
27
26
26
25
24
23
20
16
12
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9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINKS:

30% chance
Suggested:
ROATE
13% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRADE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.8% →
ROATE 6.17 bits
12.7% →
STARE 5.74 bits
7.6% →
TRADE 5.51 bits
6.5% →
ROATE 5.31 bits
4.6% →
LATER 4.74 bits
4.0% →
ALURE 5.13 bits
3.9% →
GRATE 4.72 bits
2.8% →
CARTE 4.69 bits
2.4% →
STIRE 4.52 bits
2.3% →
COLEY 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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