5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MANUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪnəs//ˈmɑːnəs//ˈmænəs/

Noun

A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.

Noun

plural of manu

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 MANUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MANUS 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 80.0% of games, misses completely in 20.0%, and leaves about 182 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,690 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRIED TRACE PORTE CLOTE GOIER THALE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.63 Entropy (bits)
182 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 61% of evaluated openers
1.32 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANUS 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#3,690 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANUS ranks #3,690 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,197
5 guesses
169
6 guesses
15
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:
ANSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
25%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

472
269
191
140
137
137
107
75
57
52
50
47
42
40
34
29
26
24
23
22
22
22
19
18
17
17
15
13
13
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANUS:

20% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
8% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.0% →
TRIED 6.06 bits
11.4% →
TRACE 5.56 bits
8.1% →
PORTE 5.45 bits
5.9% →
CLOTE 5.12 bits
5.8% →
GOIER 5.21 bits
5.8% →
PORTE 4.71 bits
4.5% →
THALE 4.87 bits
3.2% →
GRICE 4.78 bits
2.4% →
STURE 4.40 bits
2.2% →
COREY 4.17 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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