5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MIRVS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mirv

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 MIRVS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIRVS 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 237 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,003 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__V_ M in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _I__S I in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ALONE COATE STALE LEANT TRINE CONTE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.23 Entropy (bits)
237 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.72 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIRVS 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,003 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIRVS ranks #8,003 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
839
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
252
6 guesses
16
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:
IRS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

536
331
279
171
102
94
82
81
80
71
49
35
32
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21
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIRVS:

23% chance
Suggested:
ALONE
14% chance
Suggested:
COATE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
ALONE 6.06 bits
14.0% →
COATE 5.41 bits
11.8% →
STALE 5.69 bits
7.3% →
LEANT 5.41 bits
4.3% →
TRINE 4.75 bits
4.0% →
CONTE 4.43 bits
3.5% →
COATE 4.88 bits
3.4% →
SPATE 5.02 bits
3.4% →
LEANT 4.62 bits
3.0% →
AHOLE 4.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1R1V4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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