5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet B tier opener

MANGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ̯nd͡ʒ//ˈmæɪ̯nd͡ʒ/[ˈmæ̝ɪ̯nd͡ʒ]

Noun

A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).

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 MANGE performs as a guess

MANGE 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 84.0% of games, misses completely in 16.0%, and leaves about 149 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,287 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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 5th position M__G_ M in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COURT DETER SLART TORSE SATYR SNORT
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.93 Entropy (bits)
149 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 80% of evaluated openers
1.02 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANGE 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,287 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANGE ranks #3,287 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
68
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
163
6 guesses
15
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
36%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

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

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MANGE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

108 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

378
284
211
139
113
101
97
76
62
58
49
47
38
38
36
35
32
30
29
28
21
19
19
18
18
17
17
16
16
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANGE:

16% chance
Suggested:
COURT
12% chance
Suggested:
DETER
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.0% →
COURT 5.86 bits
12.0% →
DETER 5.33 bits
8.9% →
SLART 5.48 bits
5.9% →
TORSE 4.65 bits
4.8% →
SATYR 4.22 bits
4.3% →
SNORT 4.86 bits
4.1% →
SLART 4.89 bits
3.2% →
SLART 4.51 bits
2.6% →
SIRED 4.56 bits
2.5% →
PRIMO 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1G2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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