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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

MAMBO

Yes, MAMBO was the Wordle answer on December 29, 2024 (Wordle #1289).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmæmbəʊ//ˈmɑmboʊ/

Noun

A voodoo priestess (in Haiti)

Noun

A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre.

Verb

To perform this dance.

Alternative forms: manbo

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: December 29, 2024 (#1289).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MAMBO performs as a guess

MAMBO is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 70.5% of games, misses completely in 29.5%, and leaves about 361 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,339 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.86 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___O M in the 1st position and O in the 5th position M__B_ M in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLATE TRONE TRINE TUILE TONAL
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.57 Entropy (bits)
361 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAMBO 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.

3.86 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,339 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAMBO ranks #13,339 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
650
4 guesses
1,280
5 guesses
359
6 guesses
22

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
70%
Green tile
21%
All gray
30%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S A L O N
C A C A O
M A M B O

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MAMBO in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

696
391
381
201
90
80
46
46
43
40
30
29
27
26
22
22
17
17
13
12
9
8
8
7
7
6
5
5
5
4

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAMBO:

30% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
17% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
16% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.5% →
SLIER 6.03 bits
16.6% →
SLATE 5.55 bits
16.2% →
TRONE 5.28 bits
8.5% →
TRINE 4.73 bits
3.8% →
TUILE 5.12 bits
3.4% →
TONAL 4.46 bits
1.9% →
BEARD 4.60 bits
1.9% →
SPIRE 4.70 bits
1.8% →
PRICE 4.80 bits
1.7% →
RONTE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1M3B3O1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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