5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MASKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɑːsks//mæsks/

Noun

plural of mask

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mask

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 MASKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MASKS 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 65.5% of games, misses completely in 34.5%, and leaves about 389 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,646 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__K_ M in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MA_KS M in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, K in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE ALERT PORTE RONTE STALE ROULE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.58 Entropy (bits)
389 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 9% of evaluated openers
2.37 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MASKS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#12,646 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MASKS ranks #12,646 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
670
4 guesses
1,335
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
20
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
1 vowels
Common:
AS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
22%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

57 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

814
342
254
192
110
93
55
48
46
34
34
32
31
30
19
18
17
17
16
13
12
12
12
11
8
7
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MASKS:

35% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
11% chance
Suggested:
PORTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.5% →
TOILE 6.00 bits
14.5% →
ALERT 5.61 bits
10.8% →
PORTE 5.43 bits
8.1% →
RONTE 4.82 bits
4.7% →
STALE 4.85 bits
3.9% →
ROULE 5.01 bits
2.3% →
CLINE 4.77 bits
2.0% →
RONTE 4.73 bits
2.0% →
DROLE 4.56 bits
1.4% →
CLARY 3.94 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1S1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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