5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MAGUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪɡəs/

Noun

A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.

Noun

A Zoroastrian priest.

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 MAGUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAGUS 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 76.5% of games, misses completely in 23.5%, and leaves about 232 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,613 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ALERT TRIPE RONTE TUILE THALE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
232 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.63 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAGUS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,613 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAGUS ranks #6,613 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
849
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
206
6 guesses
16
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:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
23%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

553
303
234
162
158
125
85
65
51
50
40
36
35
33
26
25
23
23
21
19
16
14
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12
12
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11
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAGUS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TONER
13% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.5% →
TONER 5.91 bits
12.8% →
ALERT 5.53 bits
9.9% →
TRIPE 5.43 bits
6.9% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
6.7% →
TUILE 5.18 bits
5.3% →
THALE 4.81 bits
3.6% →
DRONE 5.38 bits
2.8% →
SHUNT 4.25 bits
2.2% →
TOILE 4.90 bits
2.1% →
SPILE 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1G2U1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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