5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MAMAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.3% of possible answers.

Open Solver with MAMAS Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mama.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mama.

Alternative forms: mammas

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 MAMAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAMAS 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 62.4% of games, misses completely in 37.6%, and leaves about 441 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,174 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.92 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__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MA_AS M in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, A in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RIONE ROUET TRONE TRINE THALE CLEAR
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.37 Entropy (bits)
441 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAMAS 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.

3.92 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,174 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAMAS ranks #14,174 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
592
4 guesses
1,292
5 guesses
399
6 guesses
33
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
62%
Green tile
26%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

887
337
261
188
112
97
54
50
46
36
30
26
25
23
23
22
15
13
11
7
7
6
6
6
5
4
4
4
4
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAMAS:

38% chance
Suggested:
RIONE
14% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
11% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

37.6% →
RIONE 5.95 bits
14.3% →
ROUET 5.45 bits
11.1% →
TRONE 5.36 bits
8.0% →
TRINE 4.84 bits
4.7% →
THALE 4.56 bits
4.1% →
CLEAR 4.57 bits
2.3% →
POIRE 5.05 bits
2.1% →
STILE 4.17 bits
2.0% →
RONTE 4.75 bits
1.5% →
TOILE 4.24 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1M3A1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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