5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

MAMMA

MAMMA is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 66.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmæmə/

Noun

The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.

Noun

An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

Interjection

Alternative spelling of mama.

Verb

Alternative spelling of mama.

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

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 MAMMA performs as a guess

MAMMA is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 47.0% of games, misses completely in 53.0%, and leaves about 786 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,836 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.09 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__M_ M in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE SLATE TRINE TORSE PRISE POLEY
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

2.42 Entropy (bits)
786 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
66.7% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAMMA 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.

4.09 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#14,836 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAMMA ranks #14,836 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
25
3 guesses
438
4 guesses
1,232
5 guesses
594
6 guesses
57
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

2/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
47%
Green tile
23%
All gray
53%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
G A M M A
M A M M A

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MAMMA in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

41 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1249
473
240
59
38
38
38
32
30
26
24
16
15
10
9
8
7
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAMMA:

53% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
20% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

53.0% →
TOILE 5.92 bits
20.1% →
SLATE 5.51 bits
10.2% →
TRINE 4.79 bits
2.5% →
TORSE 4.61 bits
1.6% →
PRISE 4.45 bits
1.6% →
POLEY 4.18 bits
1.6% →
STORE 4.74 bits
1.4% →
REALM 4.35 bits
1.3% →
TOILE 4.39 bits
1.1% →
NOIRE 3.87 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1M3M3A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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