Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier for first-turn info

MAUTS

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

No dictionary definition for MAUTS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use MAUTS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 92.7% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How MAUTS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAUTS 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 79.7% of games, misses completely in 20.3%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #4,280 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe MAUTS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.79 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.7% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MAUTS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.87% Solved within six
0.70 Spread of game lengths
#4,280 Rank among openers
Opening with MAUTS left 3 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.70 means those games clustered within about 0.70 of a guess of the 3.66 average. It ranks #4,280 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
906
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ASTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
28%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

MAUTS can come back 102 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

483 answers
257 answers
163 answers
142 answers
130 answers
107 answers
84 answers
80 answers
78 answers
50 answers
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45 answers
45 answers
38 answers
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34 answers
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27 answers
21 answers
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12 answers
12 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1U1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing MAUTS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to MAUTS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAUTS:

20% chance
Suggested:
DROLE
11% chance
Suggested:
LEARN
7% chance
Suggested:
SPINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.3% →
DROLE 6.05 bits
10.8% →
LEARN 5.42 bits
6.8% →
SPINE 5.36 bits
6.0% →
THEIR 5.29 bits
5.5% →
COREY 4.65 bits
4.5% →
CRINE 4.78 bits
3.5% →
ALERT 4.82 bits
3.4% →
CHARE 4.72 bits
3.3% →
SOREL 4.76 bits
2.1% →
CRONE 4.58 bits

Research on MAUTS

Game-tree analysis and word research for MAUTS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with MAUTS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,441 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.78 guesses at best and is rank #990 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.66, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).