5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MINOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mino

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 MINOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINOS 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 79.1% of games, misses completely in 20.9%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,485 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MI_OS M in the 1st position, I in the 2nd position, O in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE SLATE CRATE TRACE TRADE LATER
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINOS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,485 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINOS ranks #2,485 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
169
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
2 vowels
Common:
INOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
23%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

493
240
232
168
105
99
79
78
66
63
62
51
49
45
33
24
24
22
22
22
20
19
19
17
16
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14
14
14
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINOS:

21% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.9% →
CARLE 6.20 bits
10.2% →
SLATE 5.71 bits
9.8% →
CRATE 5.24 bits
7.1% →
TRACE 5.54 bits
4.5% →
TRADE 5.19 bits
4.2% →
LATER 4.71 bits
3.4% →
TARGE 4.76 bits
3.3% →
STORE 4.64 bits
2.8% →
PARLE 5.00 bits
2.7% →
DRONE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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