5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MANIC

Yes, MANIC was the Wordle answer on January 10, 2026 (Wordle #1666).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmænɪk/[ˈmænɪk]/ˈmeə̯nɪk/

Adjective

Characterized by mania or craziness; wicked.

Adjective

Suffering from mania (the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels).

Noun

A person exhibiting mania.

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 10, 2026 (#1666).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MANIC performs as a guess

MANIC 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,421 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___C M in the 1st position and C in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__C A in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL SLATE STILE TORSE CHORE SORED
Words starting with M Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.66 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 63% of evaluated openers
1.29 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANIC 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#2,421 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANIC ranks #2,421 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
162
6 guesses
16
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
26%
All gray
20%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
C A D D Y
M A N I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MANIC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

479
280
207
136
125
122
83
80
63
57
47
43
39
34
31
30
29
28
27
25
22
21
17
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANIC:

20% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
12% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
9% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
SOREL 6.13 bits
11.9% →
SLATE 5.67 bits
8.8% →
STILE 5.37 bits
5.8% →
TORSE 4.80 bits
5.3% →
CHORE 5.41 bits
5.2% →
SORED 5.28 bits
3.5% →
SOGER 4.49 bits
3.4% →
REAST 4.83 bits
2.7% →
GRANT 4.44 bits
2.4% →
LOURE 4.78 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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