5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MAUMS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of maum

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 MAUMS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAUMS 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 72.0% of games, misses completely in 28.0%, and leaves about 304 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,793 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__M_ M in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TONER ALERT TRIPE RONTE TRICE THALE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.85 Entropy (bits)
304 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 16% of evaluated openers
2.10 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAUMS 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
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,793 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAUMS ranks #12,793 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
705
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
339
6 guesses
25
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
2 vowels
Common:
ASU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

661
355
247
185
152
130
74
51
50
40
37
34
28
26
25
21
21
16
15
15
13
11
11
11
11
8
7
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAUMS:

28% chance
Suggested:
TONER
15% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRIPE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.0% →
TONER 5.95 bits
15.1% →
ALERT 5.52 bits
10.5% →
TRIPE 5.43 bits
7.8% →
RONTE 4.85 bits
6.4% →
TRICE 5.04 bits
5.5% →
THALE 4.79 bits
3.1% →
CRONE 4.73 bits
2.2% →
SPILE 4.07 bits
2.1% →
STIRE 4.19 bits
1.7% →
SLANT 3.68 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1U1M3S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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