5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MIXED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɪkst/

Verb

simple past and past participle of mix

Adjective

Having two or more separate aspects.

“I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.”

Adjective

Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.

“My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.”

Alternative forms: mixt

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 MIXED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MIXED 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 286 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,184 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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___D M in the 1st position and D in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _I__D I in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

ROAST SLART SLANT SOLAR SALTY SAINT
Words starting with M Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.01 Entropy (bits)
286 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MIXED 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,184 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MIXED ranks #11,184 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
726
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
EI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
28%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

607
427
216
185
87
85
78
73
68
47
43
38
26
25
25
20
19
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18
18
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9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MIXED:

26% chance
Suggested:
ROAST
18% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
SLANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7% →
ROAST 6.05 bits
18.1% →
SLART 5.83 bits
9.2% →
SLANT 5.62 bits
7.8% →
SOLAR 4.65 bits
3.7% →
SALTY 4.31 bits
3.6% →
SAINT 4.47 bits
3.3% →
CRAMP 4.88 bits
3.1% →
DEARE 4.82 bits
2.9% →
DANDY 4.53 bits
2.0% →
SONAR 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3I1X8E1D2
Total: 15 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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