5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

MATEY

Yes, MATEY was the Wordle answer on January 22, 2023 (Wordle #582).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Sociable or friendly.

“You've been very matey with that new bird.”

Noun

Diminutive of mate, friend.

“Hello, matey, just back from the pub?”

Noun

A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate.

“Ahoy mateys, scrub the deck!”

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 22, 2023 (#582).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MATEY performs as a guess

MATEY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 88.6% of games, misses completely in 11.4%, and leaves about 124 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,240 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SCION NOISE SNARL SENOR SNORT PEARL
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
124 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.92 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MATEY 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#6,240 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MATEY ranks #6,240 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
73
3 guesses
853
4 guesses
1,168
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
16
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:
AET

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
40%
All gray
11%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S P L A T
E A T E N
M A T E Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MATEY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

268
255
184
160
158
137
127
88
80
59
59
48
40
38
37
33
31
30
26
26
22
21
20
19
17
15
15
15
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MATEY:

11% chance
Suggested:
SCION
11% chance
Suggested:
NOISE
8% chance
Suggested:
SNARL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

11.4% →
SCION 5.64 bits
10.8% →
NOISE 5.08 bits
7.8% →
SNARL 5.08 bits
6.8% →
SENOR 4.24 bits
6.7% →
SNORT 5.32 bits
5.8% →
PEARL 4.65 bits
5.4% →
SOILY 4.08 bits
3.7% →
CRISE 4.78 bits
3.4% →
SLART 4.78 bits
2.5% →
SLART 4.40 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1T1E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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