5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MASER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪzɚ/

Noun

a device for the coherent amplification or generation of electromagnetic radiation (especially of microwave frequency) by the use of excitation energy in resonant atomic or molecular systems

Noun

Any celestial object that generates microwaves using the same method

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 MASER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MASER 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 88.3% of games, misses completely in 11.7%, and leaves about 98 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,911 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__R A in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TOILE DROIT STINK TONAL PORTE
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.35 Entropy (bits)
98 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 96% of evaluated openers
0.60 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MASER 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,911 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MASER ranks #2,911 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
79
3 guesses
915
4 guesses
1,152
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
12
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:
AERS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
31%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

117 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

275
184
132
125
120
97
96
90
84
81
79
63
61
61
48
41
38
33
31
31
24
24
23
23
21
19
19
18
18
18

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MASER:

12% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
6% chance
Suggested:
DROIT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.7% →
COUNT 5.65 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.23 bits
5.6% →
DROIT 4.85 bits
5.3% →
STINK 4.85 bits
5.1% →
TONAL 5.07 bits
4.1% →
PORTE 4.26 bits
4.1% →
DEALT 4.84 bits
3.8% →
TAWNY 3.91 bits
3.6% →
TOILE 3.37 bits
3.4% →
TRAIN 4.20 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1S1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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