5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MAUND

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɔːnd//mɔnd//mɑnd/

Noun

A wicker basket.

Noun

A unit of capacity with various specific local values.

Verb

to beg

Verb

To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.

Alternative forms: mand, mande, mawn, mond

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 MAUND performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAUND 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 77.1% of games, misses completely in 22.9%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,002 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___D M in the 1st position and D in the 5th position M__N_ M in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SOLER SLATE TORSE SILER DROLE GORSE
Words starting with M Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.54 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 55% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAUND 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,002 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAUND ranks #4,002 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
898
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
9
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:
ANU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
32%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

93 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

540
318
158
143
136
95
69
66
64
61
49
43
41
40
36
35
28
23
23
22
22
19
19
18
18
13
13
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAUND:

23% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
13% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.9% →
SOLER 6.01 bits
13.5% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
6.7% →
TORSE 4.90 bits
6.1% →
SILER 5.22 bits
5.8% →
SILER 5.08 bits
4.0% →
DROLE 5.24 bits
2.9% →
GORSE 4.45 bits
2.8% →
CLOSE 4.84 bits
2.7% →
POIRE 5.07 bits
2.6% →
SLIER 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1U1N1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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