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

MANLY

Yes, MANLY was the Wordle answer on December 31, 2022 (Wordle #560).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmænli/

Adjective

Having the characteristics of a man.

Adjective

Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; masculine, manful, courageous, resolute, noble.

Adverb

In a way befitting a man.

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: December 31, 2022 (#560).

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

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How MANLY performs as a guess

MANLY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 78.2% of games, misses completely in 21.8%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,150 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TOISE STARE SIREE SIRED REACT PORTE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.70 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANLY 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
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,150 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANLY ranks #3,150 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
943
4 guesses
1,150
5 guesses
188
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
36%
All gray
22%

Example solver route

R O A T E
N A S A L
L A N K Y
M A N L Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MANLY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

515
238
178
165
116
116
86
67
66
57
55
44
41
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33
29
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANLY:

22% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE
8% chance
Suggested:
TOISE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

21.8% →
TOISE 6.15 bits
10.1% →
STARE 5.69 bits
7.5% →
TOISE 5.54 bits
7.0% →
SIREE 4.93 bits
4.9% →
SIRED 4.64 bits
4.9% →
REACT 4.77 bits
3.6% →
PORTE 4.75 bits
2.8% →
GRICE 4.56 bits
2.8% →
ROUSE 5.06 bits
2.4% →
TRICE 4.42 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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