5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MANZO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 MANZO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MANZO 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 75.8% of games, misses completely in 24.2%, and leaves about 265 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,241 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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__Z_ M in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

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

First-turn measures

4.00 Entropy (bits)
265 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 23% of evaluated openers
1.94 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MANZO 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#11,241 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MANZO ranks #11,241 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
728
4 guesses
1,265
5 guesses
292
6 guesses
19
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:
ANO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
23%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

571
335
311
173
149
95
85
74
68
58
50
32
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27
23
21
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16
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MANZO:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
14% chance
Suggested:
REAST
13% chance
Suggested:
STORE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.2% →
SLIER 6.09 bits
14.2% →
REAST 5.64 bits
13.2% →
STORE 5.22 bits
7.3% →
STILE 4.86 bits
6.3% →
STIRE 5.20 bits
4.0% →
TRINE 4.54 bits
3.6% →
STIRE 4.45 bits
3.1% →
BLOAT 4.47 bits
2.9% →
TRIPE 5.02 bits
2.5% →
SPICE 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1N1Z10O1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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