5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MACKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mæks/

Noun

plural of mack

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 MACKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MACKS 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 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 274 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,439 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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__K_ M in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MA_KS M in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT ROUET TRINE STALE ROULE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.14 Entropy (bits)
274 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 30% of evaluated openers
1.80 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MACKS 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#7,439 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MACKS ranks #7,439 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
39
3 guesses
836
4 guesses
1,256
5 guesses
209
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:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
21%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

75 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

649
279
265
148
146
101
79
53
52
40
39
36
32
29
26
25
22
19
19
18
17
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14
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13
12
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MACKS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
ROUET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.5% →
TOILE 6.04 bits
11.8% →
ALERT 5.62 bits
11.2% →
ROUET 5.56 bits
6.3% →
TRINE 4.76 bits
6.2% →
TOILE 5.29 bits
4.3% →
STALE 4.95 bits
3.4% →
ROULE 5.05 bits
2.2% →
TRICE 4.71 bits
2.2% →
SPILE 4.10 bits
1.7% →
RONTE 4.65 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1C3K5S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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