5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MANEB

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmænɛb/

Noun

A foliate fungicide consisting of a polymeric complex of manganese with the ethylene bis(dithiocarbamate) anionic ligand.

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 MANEB performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MANEB 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 154 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,253 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__B A in the 2nd position and B in the 5th position

Try next

STORY TERSE SLART SOLAR SOILY SATYR
Words starting with M Words ending with B

First-turn measures

4.79 Entropy (bits)
154 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 71% of evaluated openers
1.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANEB 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#6,253 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANEB ranks #6,253 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
840
4 guesses
1,252
5 guesses
196
6 guesses
11
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
31%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

385
268
200
158
154
121
102
67
63
53
49
37
37
37
36
34
33
32
27
26
26
26
26
24
22
19
17
17
16
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANEB:

16% chance
Suggested:
STORY
11% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
STORY 5.66 bits
11.4% →
TERSE 5.43 bits
8.5% →
SLART 5.46 bits
6.7% →
SLART 5.32 bits
6.5% →
SOLAR 4.06 bits
5.1% →
SOILY 4.71 bits
4.3% →
SATYR 4.22 bits
2.8% →
SNIDE 4.58 bits
2.7% →
GRANT 4.45 bits
2.2% →
SOULY 4.47 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1E1B3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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