5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MANTA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.tə/

Noun

A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.

Noun

A manta ray (Mobula 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

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 MANTA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MANTA 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 73.8% of games, misses completely in 26.2%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,289 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__T_ M in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__A A in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SCARE SHIER GOIER SOREL SERAL
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.25 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.70 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANTA 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#8,289 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANTA ranks #8,289 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
800
4 guesses
1,242
5 guesses
230
6 guesses
21
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
2 vowels
Common:
ANT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
27%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

617
244
234
188
119
106
81
76
70
68
57
41
39
36
25
21
19
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18
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17
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10
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10
8
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANTA:

26% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
10% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SHIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.2% →
SOLER 5.98 bits
10.3% →
SCARE 5.35 bits
9.9% →
SHIER 5.58 bits
8.0% →
GOIER 5.25 bits
5.0% →
SOREL 4.84 bits
4.5% →
SERAL 5.04 bits
3.4% →
PROLE 4.97 bits
3.2% →
GRISE 4.61 bits
3.0% →
HOISE 4.48 bits
2.9% →
SHORE 4.74 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1T1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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