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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MINUS

Yes, MINUS was the Wordle answer on May 28, 2024 (Wordle #1074).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.nəs//ˈmɑe.nəs/[ˈmɑe̯.nəs]

Preposition

Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity).

“Seven minus two is five.”

Preposition

Without; deprived of.

“I walked out minus my coat.”

Noun

The minus sign (−).

Noun

A negative quantity.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 28, 2024 (#1074).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MINUS performs as a guess

MINUS 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 231 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,694 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE STALE TRACE LEARN TRUCE LATER
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
231 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 46% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINUS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,694 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINUS ranks #5,694 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,192
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
15
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:
INSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
21%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
M I N U S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MINUS in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

606
254
162
140
138
110
85
66
63
61
52
47
47
38
32
31
26
26
25
25
23
23
19
17
16
13
13
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11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINUS:

26% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
CARLE 6.16 bits
10.8% →
STALE 5.75 bits
6.9% →
TRACE 5.54 bits
5.9% →
LEARN 5.09 bits
5.9% →
TRUCE 5.16 bits
4.7% →
LATER 4.72 bits
3.6% →
GRATE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
SAUTE 4.42 bits
2.7% →
STIRE 4.49 bits
2.6% →
GRACE 5.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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