5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MISGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɪsˈɡəʊ//ˈmɪsɡəʊ/

Noun

An error or mistake

Noun

A miscarriage or abortion

Verb

To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.

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 MISGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MISGO 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 234 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,043 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__G_ M in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _I__O I in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

REACT CARLE STALE CRATE ROOST LATER
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.31 Entropy (bits)
234 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MISGO 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,043 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MISGO ranks #7,043 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
864
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
243
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
19%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

546
310
250
213
108
106
77
75
69
38
35
34
33
31
27
27
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MISGO:

23% chance
Suggested:
REACT
13% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
REACT 6.21 bits
13.1% →
CARLE 5.30 bits
10.6% →
STALE 5.63 bits
9.0% →
CRATE 5.56 bits
4.6% →
ROOST 4.48 bits
4.5% →
LATER 4.54 bits
3.3% →
GLARE 5.11 bits
3.2% →
STILE 4.36 bits
2.9% →
PHARE 5.04 bits
1.6% →
TRAPE 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1S1G2O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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