5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MADGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mæd͡ʒ/

Noun

The barn owl.

Noun

The magpie.

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 MADGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MADGE 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 81.9% of games, misses completely in 18.1%, and leaves about 171 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,565 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__G_ M in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST RESET SLART SIREN SONLY ROUND
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
171 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MADGE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,565 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MADGE ranks #5,565 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
841
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
195
6 guesses
10
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
35%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

426
282
230
165
131
89
79
74
73
65
54
38
38
34
34
33
31
24
23
23
22
19
19
18
17
16
16
15
14
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MADGE:

18% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
12% chance
Suggested:
RESET
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.1% →
HOIST 5.89 bits
12.0% →
RESET 5.37 bits
9.8% →
SLART 5.44 bits
7.0% →
SIREN 4.62 bits
5.6% →
SONLY 4.56 bits
3.8% →
SLART 4.96 bits
3.4% →
ROUND 4.87 bits
3.1% →
SOILY 4.78 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.54 bits
2.8% →
TRIED 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1D2G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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