5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MYALS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of myal

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 MYALS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MYALS 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 78.8% of games, misses completely in 21.2%, and leaves about 186 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,339 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _Y__S Y in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TRONE TONER RIONE DRONE DRICE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.64 Entropy (bits)
186 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MYALS 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
0.68 Volatility
#4,339 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MYALS ranks #4,339 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
919
4 guesses
1,172
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
12
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:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
26%
All gray
21%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

499
233
206
158
123
115
105
65
60
57
54
45
44
38
38
34
30
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27
21
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12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MYALS:

21% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.2% →
TRINE 6.35 bits
9.9% →
TRONE 5.51 bits
8.7% →
TONER 5.47 bits
6.7% →
RIONE 4.99 bits
5.2% →
DRONE 4.91 bits
4.9% →
TONER 4.68 bits
4.5% →
DRICE 4.95 bits
2.8% →
STURE 4.23 bits
2.5% →
TARDY 3.93 bits
2.4% →
BOITE 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3Y4A1L1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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