5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MIRLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MIRLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIRLS 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 86.4% of games, misses completely in 13.6%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,415 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COATE STANE CANOE THANE TRIED SPATE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 75% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIRLS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,415 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIRLS ranks #1,415 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
1,003
4 guesses
1,093
5 guesses
186
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
1 vowels
Common:
ILRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
26%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

100 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

321
296
205
194
119
88
78
78
74
65
61
61
56
51
47
36
32
32
29
25
22
21
19
19
18
16
14
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIRLS:

14% chance
Suggested:
COATE
13% chance
Suggested:
COATE
9% chance
Suggested:
STANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.6% →
COATE 5.99 bits
12.6% →
COATE 5.49 bits
8.7% →
STANE 5.64 bits
8.2% →
CANOE 5.41 bits
5.0% →
THANE 5.36 bits
3.7% →
TRIED 4.78 bits
3.3% →
SPATE 4.95 bits
3.3% →
POTAE 4.75 bits
3.1% →
CONTE 4.51 bits
2.8% →
LADLE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1R1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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