5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MITRE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪtəɹ/

Noun

A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.

Noun

The surface forming the bevelled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.

Verb

To adorn with a mitre.

Verb

To unite at an angle of 45°.

Alternative forms: miter

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 MITRE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MITRE 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 87.1% of games, misses completely in 12.9%, and leaves about 104 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,296 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__R_ M in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _I__E I in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SALON PENAL SOLAR SLANE ARSON SNOUT
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
104 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MITRE 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,296 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MITRE ranks #1,296 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
82
3 guesses
966
4 guesses
1,114
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EIRT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
87%
Green tile
38%
All gray
13%

Feedback distribution

125 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

305
148
144
142
138
124
117
82
66
59
55
52
51
49
47
40
40
31
28
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MITRE:

13% chance
Suggested:
SALON
6% chance
Suggested:
PENAL
6% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.9% →
SALON 5.80 bits
6.3% →
PENAL 5.06 bits
6.1% →
SOLAR 4.32 bits
6.0% →
SLANE 4.70 bits
5.8% →
ARSON 4.86 bits
5.3% →
SNOUT 5.19 bits
5.0% →
SNAIL 5.15 bits
3.5% →
SLANT 4.88 bits
2.8% →
SOAVE 3.83 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1T1R1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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