5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MACER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland.

Noun

A cardsharp.

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 MACER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MACER 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 86.5% of games, misses completely in 13.5%, and leaves about 116 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,743 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SOILY STILE DROIT SLANT SLATE TOISE
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.19 Entropy (bits)
116 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MACER 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#2,743 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MACER ranks #2,743 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
80
3 guesses
941
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
209
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AER

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
31%
All gray
14%

Feedback distribution

120 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

319
216
148
143
115
106
96
92
91
83
77
57
49
41
35
33
32
29
29
26
25
24
23
23
22
21
20
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MACER:

14% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE
6% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

13.5% →
SOILY 5.64 bits
9.2% →
STILE 5.35 bits
6.3% →
DROIT 5.05 bits
6.1% →
SLANT 5.42 bits
4.9% →
SLATE 5.02 bits
4.5% →
TOISE 4.61 bits
4.1% →
SONLY 4.61 bits
3.9% →
CLOTH 4.84 bits
3.9% →
SOILY 3.58 bits
3.5% →
GRANT 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1C3E1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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