5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MINNY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 82.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪni/

Noun

A minnow.

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 MINNY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINNY 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 62.0% of games, misses completely in 38.0%, and leaves about 412 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,951 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__N_ M in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRACE SERAL SORAL PRASE ROATE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.68 Entropy (bits)
412 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINNY 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,951 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINNY ranks #11,951 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
736
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
27

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
35%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

68 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

896
251
210
124
111
101
95
59
52
48
44
35
32
29
20
20
15
15
14
14
13
12
11
9
8
7
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINNY:

38% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
SERAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.0% →
TARSE 6.37 bits
10.6% →
TRACE 5.44 bits
8.9% →
SERAL 4.96 bits
5.3% →
SORAL 5.16 bits
4.7% →
PRASE 5.33 bits
4.3% →
ROATE 4.63 bits
4.0% →
ROAST 4.71 bits
2.5% →
REAST 4.68 bits
2.2% →
CARTE 4.69 bits
2.0% →
GORSE 3.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1N1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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