5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MANOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mano

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 MANOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MANOS 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 151 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,574 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED TRACE TRODE STIRE TRICE THALE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.85 Entropy (bits)
151 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANOS 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#1,574 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANOS ranks #1,574 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
969
4 guesses
1,153
5 guesses
153
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ANOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
26%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

397
229
200
172
134
108
107
78
65
63
54
52
50
43
43
37
30
26
22
20
19
19
19
18
18
18
17
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANOS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
10% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRODE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
TRIED 6.05 bits
9.7% →
TRACE 5.59 bits
8.5% →
TRODE 5.15 bits
7.3% →
STIRE 5.41 bits
5.7% →
TRICE 4.65 bits
4.6% →
THALE 4.80 bits
4.5% →
TRIDE 5.26 bits
3.3% →
PORTE 4.65 bits
2.8% →
DRICE 4.45 bits
2.7% →
GRICE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1O1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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