5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MAJOR

Yes, MAJOR was the Wordle answer on July 9, 2021 (Wordle #20).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/[ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)][ˈmɛjd͡ʒə(ɹ)]

Adjective

Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.

Adjective

Greater in number, quantity, or extent.

“the major part of the assembly”

Noun

A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.

“He used to be a major in the army.”

Noun

A person of legal age.

Alternative forms: majour

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 9, 2021 (#20).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MAJOR performs as a guess

MAJOR is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 79.3% of games, misses completely in 20.7%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,261 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE CLOTE TRICE TRACE STONE
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAJOR 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,261 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAJOR ranks #10,261 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
750
4 guesses
1,254
5 guesses
273
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
79%
Green tile
27%
All gray
21%

Example solver route

R O A T E
A R M O R
A G O N Y
M A J O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MAJOR in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

489
266
231
219
160
148
118
73
52
52
43
39
37
34
31
24
24
23
23
21
20
18
15
14
12
12
11
8
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAJOR:

21% chance
Suggested:
STILE
11% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.7% →
STILE 6.15 bits
11.3% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
9.8% →
CLOTE 5.10 bits
9.3% →
TRICE 5.29 bits
6.8% →
STILE 4.78 bits
6.3% →
TRACE 4.82 bits
5.0% →
STONE 4.63 bits
3.1% →
SIDLE 3.56 bits
2.2% →
TONAL 4.44 bits
2.2% →
PLUME 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1J8O1R1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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