5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MANAS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

The mind; that which distinguishes man from the animals.

Noun

plural of mana.

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 MANAS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MANAS 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 73.1% of games, misses completely in 26.9%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,510 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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

TOILE ROUET DROLE GOIER TRICE THALE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.21 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 33% of evaluated openers
1.74 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANAS 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#8,510 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANAS ranks #8,510 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
808
4 guesses
1,248
5 guesses
228
6 guesses
19
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:
ANS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
28%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

634
261
192
183
139
91
81
78
70
66
62
42
38
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24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANAS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
11% chance
Suggested:
ROUET
8% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.9% →
TOILE 6.01 bits
11.1% →
ROUET 5.50 bits
8.1% →
DROLE 5.36 bits
7.8% →
GOIER 5.42 bits
5.9% →
TRICE 4.71 bits
3.9% →
THALE 4.63 bits
3.4% →
ROULE 4.93 bits
3.3% →
CRUET 4.55 bits
3.0% →
COURE 4.35 bits
2.8% →
ROUET 4.57 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1A1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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