5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MAPOU

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

On Haiti, the kapok tree, Ceiba pentandra.

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 MAPOU performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAPOU 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,550 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___U M in the 1st position and U in the 5th position M__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _A__U A in the 2nd position and U in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE REAST RONTE SLIER STILE CORAL
Words starting with M Words ending with U

First-turn measures

4.34 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAPOU 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
0.70 Volatility
#8,550 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAPOU ranks #8,550 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
37
3 guesses
848
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
253
6 guesses
18

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
AOU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
23%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

73 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

448
341
276
214
170
73
66
63
55
49
38
37
36
31
30
26
24
22
20
20
20
19
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17
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14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAPOU:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
14% chance
Suggested:
REAST
12% chance
Suggested:
RONTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
TRINE 5.79 bits
14.5% →
REAST 5.47 bits
11.7% →
RONTE 5.25 bits
9.1% →
SLIER 5.17 bits
7.2% →
TRINE 4.80 bits
3.1% →
STILE 5.05 bits
2.8% →
CORAL 4.41 bits
2.7% →
CRUET 4.44 bits
2.3% →
REAST 4.76 bits
2.1% →
TRIDE 4.46 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1P3O1U1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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