5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MINXY

MINXY 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

Adjective

Characteristic of a minx (flirtatious young woman).

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 MINXY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MINXY 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 62.5% of games, misses completely in 37.5%, and leaves about 414 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,510 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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 _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRACE SOARE SERAL PRASE REAST
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.58 Entropy (bits)
414 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
82.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MINXY 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,510 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MINXY ranks #12,510 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
714
4 guesses
1,260
5 guesses
318
6 guesses
27
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:
IN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
29%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

884
242
219
208
110
106
97
55
44
34
31
29
23
23
23
20
15
15
14
14
12
10
10
10
8
7
7
7
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6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MINXY:

37% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
9% chance
Suggested:
SOARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.5% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
10.3% →
TRACE 5.46 bits
9.3% →
SOARE 5.41 bits
8.8% →
SERAL 4.96 bits
4.7% →
PRASE 5.34 bits
4.5% →
REAST 4.66 bits
4.1% →
ROATE 4.66 bits
2.3% →
CARTE 4.68 bits
1.9% →
CARET 4.73 bits
1.4% →
SLATE 3.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1N1X8Y4
Total: 17 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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