5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MISDO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɪsˈduː/

Verb

To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.

Verb

To do evil; to commit misdeeds.

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 MISDO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MISDO 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,985 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___O M in the 1st position and O in the 5th position M__D_ M in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE CARTE STALE CRANE ROOST PALET
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MISDO 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,985 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MISDO ranks #5,985 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
865
4 guesses
1,205
5 guesses
211
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
2 vowels
Common:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
20%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

526
285
248
195
107
101
91
73
67
62
52
37
36
32
30
30
28
27
22
19
18
18
14
12
11
10
10
8
8
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MISDO:

22% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
12% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
CARLE 6.28 bits
12.1% →
CARTE 5.41 bits
10.5% →
STALE 5.65 bits
8.3% →
CRANE 5.51 bits
4.5% →
ROOST 4.53 bits
4.3% →
PALET 4.65 bits
3.9% →
LEARE 5.11 bits
3.1% →
TRINE 4.43 bits
2.8% →
PARLE 5.15 bits
2.6% →
DRONE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1S1D2O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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