5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MABES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mabe

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 MABES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MABES 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 84.7% of games, misses completely in 15.3%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,833 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MA_ES M in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CRONY TRINE TRAIL SNOUT OLDER DEALT
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.80 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.15 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MABES 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,833 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MABES ranks #7,833 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,245
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
18
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
30%
All gray
15%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

360
244
189
169
158
135
111
108
80
51
51
45
42
39
35
33
32
25
25
24
23
22
20
15
15
15
14
14
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MABES:

15% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.3% →
CRONY 5.62 bits
10.3% →
TRINE 5.30 bits
8.0% →
TRAIL 5.35 bits
7.2% →
SNOUT 4.94 bits
6.7% →
OLDER 4.21 bits
5.7% →
DEALT 4.82 bits
4.7% →
RAINY 4.04 bits
4.6% →
RONTE 4.52 bits
3.4% →
SHALT 4.59 bits
2.2% →
BUILT 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1B3E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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