5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MALAE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪˌli/

Noun

plural of mala

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 MALAE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MALAE 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 173 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,355 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT DETER SIREN SCANT CLOUT TRINE
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.72 Entropy (bits)
173 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 67% of evaluated openers
1.22 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MALAE 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,355 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MALAE ranks #8,355 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
797
4 guesses
1,225
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
19
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:
AEL

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
41%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

441
294
187
149
143
118
85
69
68
51
41
39
37
37
34
31
30
28
28
27
27
22
21
17
17
17
16
15
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MALAE:

19% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
8% chance
Suggested:
SIREN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
SNORT 5.96 bits
12.5% →
DETER 5.35 bits
7.9% →
SIREN 4.66 bits
6.3% →
SCANT 5.13 bits
6.1% →
CLOUT 4.65 bits
5.0% →
TRINE 4.23 bits
3.6% →
SLEER 4.35 bits
2.9% →
SHART 4.02 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.26 bits
2.2% →
PRIMO 4.59 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1L1A1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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