5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MAILS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /meɪlz/

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mail

Noun

plural of mail

Noun

The mail delivery system.

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 MAILS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAILS 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 83.9% of games, misses completely in 16.1%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,658 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE TRADE TONER RONTE BLORE REACT
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.00 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 83% of evaluated openers
0.95 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAILS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,658 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAILS ranks #1,658 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
991
4 guesses
1,110
5 guesses
178
6 guesses
13
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:
AILS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
33%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

380
192
185
152
123
113
107
98
98
51
49
48
43
38
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34
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAILS:

16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
8% chance
Suggested:
TONER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.1% →
TRONE 6.05 bits
8.1% →
TRADE 5.60 bits
7.8% →
TONER 5.52 bits
6.4% →
RONTE 5.27 bits
5.2% →
RONTE 4.81 bits
4.8% →
BLORE 4.84 bits
4.5% →
REACT 4.71 bits
4.2% →
TRONE 5.04 bits
4.2% →
STURE 4.75 bits
2.2% →
TRONE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1I1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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