5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MAQAM

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

As an opener, it rules out about 68.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North Africa, West Asia and Central Asia.

Alternative forms: maqaam

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 MAQAM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAQAM 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 47.8% of games, misses completely in 52.2%, and leaves about 739 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,832 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.09 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___M M in the 1st position and M in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _A__M A in the 2nd position and M in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE STARE TRINE CLEAR ROULE TORSE
Words starting with M Words ending with M

First-turn measures

2.55 Entropy (bits)
739 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
68.7% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAQAM 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.

4.09 Avg guesses
99.7% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,832 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAQAM ranks #14,832 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
22
3 guesses
439
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
573
6 guesses
58
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
A

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
48%
Green tile
24%
All gray
52%

Feedback distribution

39 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1231
372
240
120
95
59
39
26
25
19
17
16
10
9
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAQAM:

52% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
16% chance
Suggested:
STARE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

52.2% →
TOILE 5.92 bits
15.8% →
STARE 5.34 bits
10.2% →
TRINE 4.79 bits
5.1% →
CLEAR 4.60 bits
4.0% →
ROULE 4.98 bits
2.5% →
TORSE 4.61 bits
1.7% →
PRISE 4.34 bits
1.1% →
NOIRE 3.87 bits
1.1% →
TRIPE 3.81 bits
0.8% →
LOURE 3.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1Q10A1M3
Total: 18 points

Words With Friends

Total: 20 points

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