5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

MINOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.nəɹ//ˈmaɪnə/

Adjective

Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly

Adjective

Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option

“The defendant resides at 123 Fake Street with his partner and two minor children.”

Noun

A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.

“No, he can't get a mortgage or sell the house. He's still a minor. For the most part, he can't sign a legally binding contract.”

Noun

A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.

“He plays in the minors.”

Alternative forms: miner, maner, minore, minour

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 MINOR performs as a guess

MINOR 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 81.6% of games, misses completely in 18.4%, and leaves about 155 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,088 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__R I in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE LEAST STOLE STALE SALET STOAE
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
155 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 79% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINOR 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,088 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINOR ranks #1,088 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
1,000
4 guesses
1,118
5 guesses
165
6 guesses
9
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:
INOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
G R I N D
M I N O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MINOR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

434
240
179
139
106
105
81
80
79
76
58
51
48
38
36
34
28
28
26
23
22
21
20
20
19
18
18
18
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINOR:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEAST
8% chance
Suggested:
STOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.4% →
SLATE 6.54 bits
10.2% →
LEAST 5.61 bits
7.6% →
STOLE 5.16 bits
5.9% →
STALE 5.45 bits
4.5% →
SALET 5.29 bits
4.5% →
STOAE 4.50 bits
3.4% →
LEAST 4.69 bits
3.4% →
SATED 4.30 bits
3.4% →
TRIPE 4.64 bits
3.2% →
SAULT 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1O1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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