Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

MIVEY

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

No dictionary definition for MIVEY is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use MIVEY in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 89.9% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How MIVEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIVEY 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 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #11,565 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe MIVEY used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.21 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.9% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MIVEY 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
99.96% Solved within six
0.73 Spread of game lengths
#11,565 Rank among openers
Opening with MIVEY left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.73 means those games clustered within about 0.73 of a guess of the 3.80 average. It ranks #11,565 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
49
3 guesses
749
4 guesses
1,206
5 guesses
326
6 guesses
23

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
37%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

MIVEY can come back 81 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

494 answers
418 answers
228 answers
191 answers
183 answers
100 answers
70 answers
55 answers
50 answers
45 answers
39 answers
37 answers
35 answers
30 answers
28 answers
27 answers
23 answers
22 answers
21 answers
20 answers
18 answers
17 answers
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14 answers
13 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
8 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1V4E1Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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

Strategy after playing MIVEY

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to MIVEY.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIVEY:

21% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
ROAST 6.03 bits
17.5% →
SLART 5.77 bits
9.6% →
SLANT 5.51 bits
8.0% →
SOLAR 4.78 bits
7.7% →
SOLAR 4.67 bits
4.2% →
SENTE 4.39 bits
2.9% →
ROAST 4.83 bits
2.3% →
COAST 4.21 bits
2.1% →
SLART 4.12 bits
1.9% →
REAST 4.22 bits

Research on MIVEY

Game-tree analysis and word research for MIVEY, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with MIVEY, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.78 guesses and ranks #9,686 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with MIVEY can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.80; proven optimal play reaches 3.78. The fixed strategy accounts for the difference.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).