5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MATIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmætɪn/

Adjective

of or relating to matins

Noun

morning

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 MATIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MATIN 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 82.4% of games, misses completely in 17.6%, and leaves about 150 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,761 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___N M in the 1st position and N in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SCARE SLIER SHOER COURE SOREL
Words starting with M Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.96 Entropy (bits)
150 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 81% of evaluated openers
0.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MATIN 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,761 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MATIN ranks #1,761 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
963
4 guesses
1,123
5 guesses
175
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:
AINT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
28%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

416
238
162
158
114
112
110
82
79
51
51
46
39
36
33
31
30
28
28
27
26
23
23
21
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18
15
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15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MATIN:

18% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
10% chance
Suggested:
SCARE
7% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.6% →
SOLER 6.01 bits
10.1% →
SCARE 5.40 bits
6.9% →
SLIER 5.30 bits
6.7% →
SHOER 5.56 bits
4.8% →
COURE 5.06 bits
4.7% →
SOREL 4.83 bits
4.7% →
LEAST 5.01 bits
3.5% →
GRISE 4.37 bits
3.4% →
SHIRE 4.69 bits
2.2% →
SLAKE 4.44 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1T1I1N1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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