Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MARAH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A gratuity in the form of deductions from the gross produce of cultivated lands, granted to a mirasidar.

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 MARAH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MARAH 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 74.3% of games, misses completely in 25.7%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,636 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

First-turn measures

4.29 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.66 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MARAH 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,636 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MARAH ranks #9,636 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,184
5 guesses
283
6 guesses
25
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
32%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

605
336
188
140
116
104
77
69
67
65
51
40
38
35
33
28
27
19
17
17
15
15
13
13
13
11
11
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MARAH:

26% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
14% chance
Suggested:
TRIED
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.7%
TOILE 6.11 bits
14.2%
TRIED 5.20 bits
8.0%
SLANE 5.49 bits
5.9%
SIENT 4.61 bits
4.9%
TRONE 4.40 bits
4.4%
TOISE 5.50 bits
3.3%
TOUSE 4.78 bits
2.9%
TOILE 5.18 bits
2.8%
CLOTE 4.49 bits
2.8%
PETAL 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1R1A1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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