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MACAW

Yes, MACAW was the Wordle answer on August 7, 2024 (Wordle #1145).

As an opener, it rules out about 82.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /məˈkɔː//məˈkɑ//məˈkɔ/

Noun

Any of various parrots of the genera Ara, Anodorhynchus, Cyanopsitta, Orthopsittaca, Primolius and Diopsittaca of Central and South America, including the largest parrots and characterized by long sabre-shaped tails, curved powerful bills, and usually brilliant plumage.

Alternative forms: maccaw, macao

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 7, 2024 (#1145).

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

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How MACAW performs as a guess

MACAW is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 62.4% of games, misses completely in 37.6%, and leaves about 416 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,496 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__W A in the 2nd position and W in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE CHORE TORSE SNORE LOURE
Words starting with M Words ending with W

First-turn measures

3.58 Entropy (bits)
416 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
82.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MACAW 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,496 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MACAW ranks #12,496 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
699
4 guesses
1,287
5 guesses
317
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
24%
All gray
38%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
M A C A W

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MACAW in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

886
280
205
178
109
99
89
72
52
39
38
26
23
19
19
17
15
14
13
12
9
9
9
9
8
8
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MACAW:

38% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
CHORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.6% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
11.9% →
SLATE 5.48 bits
8.7% →
CHORE 5.32 bits
7.5% →
TORSE 4.93 bits
4.6% →
SNORE 5.34 bits
4.2% →
LOURE 5.07 bits
3.8% →
SENOR 4.68 bits
3.1% →
SHARE 4.59 bits
2.2% →
RUOTE 4.69 bits
1.7% →
ALOSE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1C3A1W4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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