5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MACCA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 77.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmækə/

Proper noun

A diminutive of any surname beginning with Mac or Mc.

Noun

A McDonald′s restaurant.

Noun

Macquarie Island; used chiefly by people who have visited the island.

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 MACCA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MACCA 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 57.4% of games, misses completely in 42.6%, and leaves about 521 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,805 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.89 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 5th position M__C_ M in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TORSE IRONE LOURE TUILE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.26 Entropy (bits)
521 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
77.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 3% of evaluated openers
2.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MACCA 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.

3.89 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,805 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MACCA ranks #13,805 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
634
4 guesses
1,269
5 guesses
385
6 guesses
26
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
26%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

59 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1004
375
192
116
101
86
58
53
43
27
26
25
24
23
23
13
12
12
12
10
10
10
9
8
7
7
6
5
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MACCA:

43% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

42.6% →
TOILE 5.97 bits
15.9% →
SLATE 5.58 bits
8.1% →
TORSE 4.91 bits
4.9% →
IRONE 5.32 bits
4.3% →
LOURE 5.08 bits
3.6% →
TUILE 4.78 bits
2.5% →
STARE 4.62 bits
2.2% →
RUOTE 4.70 bits
1.8% →
ALOSE 4.42 bits
1.1% →
STURE 3.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1C3C3A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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