5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MARGO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

border, margin

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 MARGO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MARGO 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 82.6% of games, misses completely in 17.4%, and leaves about 167 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,575 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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__G_ M in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

STILE SLATE STONE TRIER SIENT TRACE
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.73 Entropy (bits)
167 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.9% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MARGO 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#4,575 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MARGO ranks #4,575 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
77
3 guesses
893
4 guesses
1,146
5 guesses
221
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
25%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

111 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

410
238
227
206
143
132
118
59
56
55
51
42
36
29
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26
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MARGO:

17% chance
Suggested:
STILE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.4% →
STILE 6.16 bits
10.1% →
SLATE 5.70 bits
9.6% →
STONE 5.09 bits
8.7% →
TRIER 5.01 bits
6.1% →
SIENT 4.66 bits
5.6% →
TRACE 4.79 bits
5.0% →
TRODE 4.33 bits
2.5% →
STILE 5.09 bits
2.4% →
SHULE 4.52 bits
2.3% →
BLOAT 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1R1G2O1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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