5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MAPES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname from French.

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 MAPES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAPES 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 84.5% of games, misses completely in 15.5%, and leaves about 144 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,192 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MA_ES M in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CRONY TOILE TRAIL OLDER SNOUT TRADE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
144 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAPES 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#5,192 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAPES ranks #5,192 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
861
4 guesses
1,229
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
16
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

366
247
191
153
146
139
111
82
71
47
45
37
36
34
31
31
31
31
30
26
24
23
23
21
20
20
16
14
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAPES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CRONY
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.5% →
CRONY 5.59 bits
10.5% →
TOILE 5.16 bits
8.1% →
TRAIL 5.29 bits
6.5% →
OLDER 4.23 bits
6.2% →
SNOUT 5.02 bits
5.9% →
TRADE 4.88 bits
4.7% →
RONTE 4.05 bits
3.5% →
RONTE 4.56 bits
3.0% →
SLANT 4.68 bits
2.0% →
POUTY 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1P3E1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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