5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MATZO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmætsə//ˈmætsəʊ//ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/

Noun

Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.

“Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.”

Noun

A piece of the above bread.

Alternative forms: matsah, matza, matzah, matzoh

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 MATZO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MATZO 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,220 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___O M in the 1st position and O in the 5th position M__Z_ M in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _A__O A in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER CRONE SLANE SILER REAST SHIRE
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.08 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MATZO 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,220 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MATZO ranks #10,220 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
752
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
256
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

538
305
296
205
147
120
103
64
60
53
49
36
28
26
26
25
24
20
20
18
16
14
14
11
7
7
7
6
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MATZO:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
13% chance
Suggested:
CRONE
13% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
SLIER 6.08 bits
12.9% →
CRONE 5.34 bits
12.5% →
SLANE 5.42 bits
8.7% →
SLIER 5.55 bits
6.2% →
SILER 4.80 bits
5.1% →
REAST 4.91 bits
4.4% →
SHIRE 4.60 bits
2.7% →
ACORN 4.32 bits
2.5% →
SLIPE 4.86 bits
2.2% →
TRINE 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1T1Z10O1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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