5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MAKAI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 85.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adverb

seaward, towards the sea.

Noun

Shorea assamica, a tree of India.

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 MAKAI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAKAI 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 69.5% of games, misses completely in 30.5%, and leaves about 352 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,550 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.87 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___I M in the 1st position and I in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__I A in the 2nd position and I in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TRINE STARE SERAL ROUTE CLOSE
Words starting with M Words ending with I

First-turn measures

3.64 Entropy (bits)
352 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
85.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 10% of evaluated openers
2.31 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAKAI 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.

3.87 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,550 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAKAI ranks #13,550 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
654
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
357
6 guesses
28
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AI

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
23%
All gray
30%

Feedback distribution

58 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

719
413
267
190
93
75
67
59
48
41
40
39
37
36
24
20
17
17
15
13
10
10
10
7
6
6
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAKAI:

30% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
18% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

30.5% →
TORSE 6.16 bits
17.5% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
11.3% →
STARE 5.51 bits
8.1% →
TORSE 4.81 bits
3.9% →
SERAL 4.63 bits
3.2% →
ROUTE 4.99 bits
2.8% →
CLOSE 4.94 bits
2.5% →
LEANT 4.34 bits
2.0% →
SLANE 4.03 bits
1.7% →
CRISE 4.30 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1K5A1I1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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