5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MINTS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɪnts/

Noun

plural of mint

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mint

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 MINTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINTS 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 191 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,036 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__T_ M in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE PARLE CARET DROLE REAST BLAER
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.67 Entropy (bits)
191 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.28 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINTS 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
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#1,036 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINTS ranks #1,036 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
1,002
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
146
6 guesses
14
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:
INST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
23%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
207
180
141
128
96
80
70
70
60
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54
47
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINTS:

23% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
CARLE 6.22 bits
8.8% →
PARLE 5.74 bits
7.6% →
CARET 5.55 bits
6.0% →
DROLE 5.30 bits
5.4% →
CARLE 5.38 bits
4.1% →
REAST 4.84 bits
3.4% →
BLAER 5.33 bits
3.0% →
GRADE 4.57 bits
3.0% →
DROLE 4.67 bits
2.5% →
CARLE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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