5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MAHWA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative form of mahua.

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 MAHWA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAHWA 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 61.2% of games, misses completely in 38.8%, and leaves about 461 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,944 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE LEANT CLOTE TORSE POIRE SORED
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.36 Entropy (bits)
461 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAHWA 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#13,944 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAHWA ranks #13,944 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
29
3 guesses
615
4 guesses
1,300
5 guesses
389
6 guesses
20

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
61%
Green tile
20%
All gray
39%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

916
375
197
193
97
88
60
53
44
31
28
26
25
18
18
17
15
15
14
10
9
9
9
8
8
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAHWA:

39% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
LEANT
8% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.8% →
TOILE 5.95 bits
15.9% →
LEANT 5.45 bits
8.4% →
CLOTE 5.31 bits
8.2% →
TORSE 4.86 bits
4.1% →
POIRE 5.17 bits
3.7% →
SORED 5.28 bits
2.5% →
CORSE 4.57 bits
2.2% →
TOUSE 4.42 bits
1.9% →
SLATE 4.50 bits
1.3% →
CARET 3.77 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1H4W4A1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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