5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MAKAN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɑkɑn/[ˈmakan]

Verb

To eat.

Noun

Food.

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 MAKAN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAKAN 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 64.4% of games, misses completely in 35.6%, and leaves about 382 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,469 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___N M in the 1st position and N in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STARE TOISE TORSE ROULE TALER
Words starting with M Words ending with N

First-turn measures

3.74 Entropy (bits)
382 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 13% of evaluated openers
2.21 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAKAN 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,469 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAKAN ranks #12,469 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
685
4 guesses
1,288
5 guesses
321
6 guesses
17
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
2 vowels
Common:
AN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
26%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

840
256
240
176
99
90
77
56
50
46
45
37
33
30
22
20
19
17
17
11
11
11
9
9
9
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAKAN:

36% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

35.6% →
TOILE 5.99 bits
10.9% →
STARE 5.50 bits
10.2% →
TOISE 5.46 bits
7.5% →
TORSE 4.84 bits
4.2% →
ROULE 5.01 bits
3.8% →
TALER 4.52 bits
3.3% →
CRISE 5.17 bits
2.4% →
SOWER 4.62 bits
2.1% →
GIANT 4.54 bits
2.0% →
SCOTE 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1K5A1N1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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