5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MADOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mado

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 MADOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MADOS 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 81.8% of games, misses completely in 18.2%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,897 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE LEARN TRONE STILE TRICE THALE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MADOS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,897 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MADOS ranks #4,897 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
53
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
191
6 guesses
14
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:
AOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
24%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

428
244
221
206
150
119
99
92
54
52
51
48
48
37
30
27
24
22
21
19
19
18
17
16
16
16
15
13
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MADOS:

18% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.2% →
TRINE 6.07 bits
10.3% →
LEARN 5.44 bits
9.4% →
TRONE 5.28 bits
8.7% →
STILE 5.35 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 4.74 bits
5.0% →
THALE 4.76 bits
4.2% →
TRINE 5.20 bits
3.9% →
STORE 4.60 bits
2.3% →
TONAL 4.42 bits
2.2% →
BEARD 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1D2O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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