MAGIC
Yes, MAGIC was the Wordle answer on February 16, 2023 (Wordle #607).
As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.
Meaning and pronunciation
Pronunciation: /ˈmad͡ʒɪk//ˈmæd͡ʒɪk/
- Noun
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The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
““My magic will help you find true love,” said the witch as she looked for the right herbs in her collection.”
- Noun
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Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
- Adjective
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Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
“a magic wand”
- Adjective
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Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
“a magic moment”
Alternative forms: magick, magicke, magique
Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.
Wordle status
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Playable guess
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Possible answer
YesIncluded among the answers considered by the solver.
Past Wordle answer
Used oncePast Wordle answer: February 16, 2023 (#607).
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See what the public sample says →How MAGIC performs as a guess
MAGIC is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,374 when every answer is treated as equally likely.
Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 224 possible answers on average.
In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #7,262 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 guesses in games solved within six turns.
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Useful pattern pages
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First-turn measures
All four describe MAGIC used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.
As an opening guess: previous benchmark
How MAGIC 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.
Composition
Feedback chances
Example solver route
One example route used by the solver.
This solver benchmark reaches MAGIC in 4 guesses.
Feedback distribution
MAGIC can come back 87 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:
Letter-value totals
Base letter-value totals for MAGIC; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.
Scrabble
Words With Friends
Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.
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Strategy after playing MAGIC
What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to MAGIC.
Quick reference
Largest feedback groups after playing MAGIC:
Research on MAGIC
Game-tree analysis and word research for MAGIC, with an explanation for each figure.
Optimal play
Opening with MAGIC, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.73 guesses and ranks #7,111 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.
In hard mode it averages 3.84 guesses at best and is rank #2,403 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.
Our six-turn simulation says 3.71, at or below the proven-optimal 3.73, because the two figures score different answer lists.
These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.
How it sounds
Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it MAJIHK.
Related meanings
In WordNet's sense inventory, MAGIC is a kind of belief or performance.
Synonyms TRICK magical charming illusion wizard deception
Opposites natural
Familiarity and learning
- Frequency
- MAGIC sits in the common band of the wordfreq scale, appearing about 58 times per million words of written English; the band marks it as an everyday word almost every player will know.
- Learner level
- Appears in beginner learner vocabulary (CEFR-J level A2); among the first words English learners study.
- Age of acquisition
- Typically learned around age 4, by Glasgow Norms speaker ratings.
- Imageability
- Imageability score: 66 of 100. Raters gave it a middle-range score.
- Dominant sense
- Lancaster raters associated it most strongly with sight (4.3 of 5).
In a sentence
It's time for some magic.
Do you believe in magic?
Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD); Word relations: Open English WordNet, 2025 edition (CC BY 4.0); Word frequency: wordfreq (data CC BY-SA 4.0); Learner levels: CEFR-J Wordlist ver 1.5, Tono Laboratory, TUFS; Glasgow Norms (CC BY 4.0); Lancaster Sensorimotor Norms (CC BY 4.0).