5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MALMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of malm

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 MALMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MALMS 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 73.3% of games, misses completely in 26.7%, and leaves about 271 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,661 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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__M_ M in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRONE ROUET TRACE GOIER RONTE TIARE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.02 Entropy (bits)
271 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 24% of evaluated openers
1.93 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MALMS 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#10,661 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MALMS ranks #10,661 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
33
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,268
5 guesses
268
6 guesses
18
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
1 vowels
Common:
ALS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
24%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

65 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

630
274
236
207
149
133
107
53
50
45
42
39
37
32
24
24
20
19
18
14
14
12
11
11
10
10
10
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MALMS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
12% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.7% →
TRONE 6.14 bits
11.6% →
ROUET 5.58 bits
10.0% →
TRACE 5.65 bits
8.8% →
GOIER 5.02 bits
6.3% →
RONTE 4.90 bits
5.6% →
TIARE 4.59 bits
4.5% →
STARE 4.85 bits
2.2% →
SLIPE 4.27 bits
2.1% →
TOILE 4.25 bits
1.9% →
BOITE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1L1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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