5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MISSA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

a mass, in the sense of a composition setting several sung parts of the liturgical service (most often chosen from the ordinary parts Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei and/or Sanctus) to music, notably when the text in Latin is used (as long universally prescribed by Rome)

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 MISSA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MISSA 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 266 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,507 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.80 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _I__A I in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE CARTE TRINE TONER RONTE THALE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.06 Entropy (bits)
266 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 26% of evaluated openers
1.89 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MISSA 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.

3.80 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#11,507 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MISSA ranks #11,507 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
748
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
331
6 guesses
15
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AIS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
24%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

541
457
216
152
130
109
82
62
62
54
41
39
36
33
31
23
22
16
16
15
15
14
13
13
11
11
10
9
9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MISSA:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
19% chance
Suggested:
CARTE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
TRONE 5.91 bits
19.4% →
CARTE 5.44 bits
9.2% →
TRINE 5.55 bits
6.4% →
TONER 5.11 bits
5.5% →
RONTE 4.60 bits
4.6% →
THALE 4.57 bits
3.5% →
NADIR 4.62 bits
2.6% →
TRINE 4.20 bits
2.6% →
ROUTE 4.87 bits
2.3% →
ROUTE 4.91 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1S1S1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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