5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MAMBU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MAMBU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAMBU 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 65.1% of games, misses completely in 34.9%, and leaves about 430 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,061 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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___U M in the 1st position and U in the 5th position M__B_ M in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__U A in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

SIREN ALERT SNORE RONTE TONER BEARD
Words starting with M Words ending with U

First-turn measures

3.31 Entropy (bits)
430 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 4% of evaluated openers
2.64 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAMBU 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#14,061 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAMBU ranks #14,061 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
596
4 guesses
1,301
5 guesses
400
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
19%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

55 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

824
436
281
202
88
55
51
47
44
40
37
33
28
25
20
19
15
15
11
9
9
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAMBU:

35% chance
Suggested:
SIREN
18% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
12% chance
Suggested:
SNORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.9% →
SIREN 5.99 bits
18.5% →
ALERT 5.52 bits
11.9% →
SNORE 5.27 bits
8.6% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
3.7% →
TONER 5.05 bits
2.3% →
BEARD 4.74 bits
2.2% →
SPARE 4.62 bits
2.0% →
PROSE 4.78 bits
1.9% →
STILE 4.25 bits
1.7% →
TORSE 4.67 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1M3B3U1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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