5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

MANOA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MANOA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MANOA 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 75.3% of games, misses completely in 24.7%, and leaves about 252 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,384 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER REAST STORE STILE STIRE TRINE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

All four describe MANOA used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.22 Entropy (bits)
252 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MANOA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.72 Spread of game lengths
#9,384 Rank among openers
Opening with MANOA left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.72 means those games clustered within about 0.72 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,384 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
778
4 guesses
1,223
5 guesses
272
6 guesses
18
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
3 vowels
Common:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
27%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

MANOA can come back 93 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

582 answers
301 answers
288 answers
163 answers
150 answers
83 answers
80 answers
68 answers
58 answers
51 answers
50 answers
43 answers
27 answers
26 answers
26 answers
22 answers
22 answers
19 answers
19 answers
16 answers
16 answers
16 answers
14 answers
13 answers
12 answers
10 answers
9 answers
8 answers
7 answers
7 answers

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANOA:

25% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
13% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
STORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.7% →
SLIER 6.09 bits
12.8% →
REAST 5.57 bits
12.2% →
STORE 5.27 bits
6.9% →
STILE 4.83 bits
6.4% →
STIRE 5.21 bits
3.5% →
TRINE 4.62 bits
3.4% →
STIRE 4.45 bits
2.9% →
PLIER 5.08 bits
2.5% →
SPICE 4.34 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.18 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1O1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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