5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MAMBA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 73.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmæmbə//ˈmɑm.bɑ/

Noun

Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.

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 MAMBA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAMBA 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 53.1% of games, misses completely in 46.9%, and leaves about 625 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,550 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.96 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__B_ M in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TORSE PROLE TRADE PRISE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

2.90 Entropy (bits)
625 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
73.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAMBA 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.

3.96 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,550 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAMBA ranks #14,550 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
546
4 guesses
1,271
5 guesses
469
6 guesses
30

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
53%
Green tile
21%
All gray
47%

Feedback distribution

53 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1106
417
207
132
62
59
54
43
35
30
26
25
21
14
13
12
10
9
7
7
6
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAMBA:

47% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
18% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

46.9% →
TOILE 5.93 bits
17.7% →
SLATE 5.55 bits
8.8% →
TORSE 4.85 bits
5.6% →
TOILE 5.25 bits
2.6% →
PROLE 5.01 bits
2.5% →
TORSE 4.61 bits
2.3% →
TRADE 4.69 bits
1.8% →
PRISE 4.58 bits
1.5% →
TONEY 4.30 bits
1.3% →
TRINE 3.92 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1M3B3A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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