5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

MATER

MATER 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: /ˈmeɪtə//ˈmeɪtɚ/

Noun

A meninx; the dura mater, arachnoid mater, or pia mater of the brain.

Noun

Someone or something that mates.

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 MATER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MATER 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 88.2% of games, misses completely in 11.8%, and leaves about 96 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #673 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.59 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

SOILY SEINE SLAIN HOIST CRONY POISE
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.41 Entropy (bits)
96 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 97% of evaluated openers
0.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MATER 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.

3.59 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#673 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MATER ranks #673 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
96
3 guesses
953
4 guesses
1,134
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
11
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:
AERT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
32%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

130 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

279
191
120
118
116
96
91
85
76
74
65
65
58
56
53
46
40
35
31
30
29
28
27
25
24
22
22
20
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MATER:

12% chance
Suggested:
SOILY
8% chance
Suggested:
SEINE
5% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.8% →
SOILY 5.71 bits
8.1% →
SEINE 5.40 bits
5.1% →
SLAIN 4.98 bits
5.0% →
HOIST 5.14 bits
4.9% →
CRONY 4.68 bits
4.1% →
POISE 4.54 bits
3.9% →
SLADE 4.72 bits
3.6% →
SOILY 3.64 bits
3.2% →
BRAND 4.19 bits
3.1% →
SONLY 4.60 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1T1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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