5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MANTO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmæntəʊ/

Noun

Obsolete form of manteau.

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 MANTO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MANTO 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 83.7% of games, misses completely in 16.3%, and leaves about 146 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,861 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___O M in the 1st position and O in the 5th position M__T_ M in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SCARE DROLE SILER SLART CRUSE
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.91 Entropy (bits)
146 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.04 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANTO 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,861 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANTO ranks #1,861 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
951
4 guesses
1,147
5 guesses
154
6 guesses
23
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:
ANOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
26%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

385
230
218
153
115
107
95
80
76
67
53
52
49
45
43
40
37
26
23
22
21
21
20
19
18
18
16
16
15
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANTO:

16% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
10% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
9% chance
Suggested:
DROLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.3% →
SLIER 6.12 bits
9.8% →
SCARE 5.41 bits
9.2% →
DROLE 5.23 bits
6.5% →
SLIER 5.50 bits
4.9% →
SILER 4.81 bits
4.5% →
SLIER 5.01 bits
4.0% →
SLART 5.09 bits
3.4% →
DROLE 4.40 bits
3.2% →
CRUSE 4.67 bits
2.8% →
GRISE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1T1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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