5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MISTY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsti/

Adjective

Covered in mist; foggy.

“It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!”

Adjective

Dim; vague; obscure.

“a misty memory of his childhood”

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 MISTY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MISTY 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 214 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,411 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__T_ M in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _I__Y I in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

CRANE PHARE CARET DROLE REAST TRINE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.50 Entropy (bits)
214 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MISTY 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,411 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MISTY ranks #4,411 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
184
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

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
IST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
30%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

554
227
207
183
158
104
80
79
78
55
45
39
30
30
30
26
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MISTY:

23% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
10% chance
Suggested:
PHARE
9% chance
Suggested:
CARET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
CRANE 6.21 bits
9.6% →
PHARE 5.58 bits
8.8% →
CARET 5.54 bits
7.8% →
CRANE 5.53 bits
6.7% →
DROLE 4.98 bits
4.4% →
REAST 4.75 bits
3.4% →
TRINE 4.77 bits
3.4% →
BLAER 5.31 bits
3.3% →
RANCE 4.70 bits
2.3% →
SPINE 4.33 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1S1T1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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