5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MAUVY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 86.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Somewhat mauve in colour.

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 MAUVY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAUVY 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 71.4% of games, misses completely in 28.6%, and leaves about 308 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,941 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__V_ M in the 1st position and V in the 4th position _A__Y A in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE ALERT SUITE SOLDE RONTE STONE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.96 Entropy (bits)
308 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 21% of evaluated openers
1.99 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAUVY 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#11,941 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAUVY ranks #11,941 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
702
4 guesses
1,285
5 guesses
308
6 guesses
15
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:
AU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
35%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

675
412
157
150
138
108
67
59
56
49
47
39
31
31
26
23
21
18
18
16
15
13
13
12
10
9
9
9
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAUVY:

29% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
17% chance
Suggested:
ALERT
7% chance
Suggested:
SUITE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

28.6% →
TRINE 6.19 bits
17.5% →
ALERT 5.55 bits
6.7% →
SUITE 5.26 bits
6.4% →
SOLDE 4.68 bits
5.9% →
RONTE 4.91 bits
4.6% →
STONE 4.60 bits
2.8% →
SLART 3.37 bits
2.5% →
TORSE 4.99 bits
2.4% →
PRISE 4.52 bits
2.1% →
LOVER 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1U1V4Y4
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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