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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MAVEN

Yes, MAVEN was the Wordle answer on July 2, 2026 (Wordle #1839).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪvn̩//ˈmeɪv(ə)n/

Noun

An expert in a given field; also, a person who is interested in and knowledgeable about a particular activity or thing; an aficionado.

Alternative forms: mavin, mayven, mayvin

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 2, 2026 (#1839).

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

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How MAVEN performs as a guess

MAVEN is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 82.1% of games, misses completely in 17.9%, and leaves about 175 possible answers on average.

Across the six-turn solver test, it ranks #8,559 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___N M in the 1st position and N in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SLOTH TERSE SLART SOLAR COUNT SATYR
Words starting with M Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
175 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 60% of evaluated openers
1.33 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener

How MAVEN performs across the solver's possible answers. See the data page for the method.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,559 Opener rank
MAVEN ranks #8,559 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,267
5 guesses
229
6 guesses
18
Top-ranked in the six-turn solver test: SLANT (3.51 guesses on average in games solved within six). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AEN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
31%
All gray
18%

Example solver route

R O A T E
L A D E N
H A V E N
M A V E N

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MAVEN in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

423
277
209
170
153
149
108
83
64
56
40
35
34
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28
28
25
23
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAVEN:

18% chance
Suggested:
SLOTH
12% chance
Suggested:
TERSE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.9% →
SLOTH 5.75 bits
11.7% →
TERSE 5.34 bits
8.9% →
SLART 5.50 bits
7.2% →
SLART 5.28 bits
6.5% →
SOLAR 4.04 bits
6.3% →
COUNT 5.00 bits
4.6% →
SATYR 4.13 bits
3.5% →
SEINE 4.62 bits
2.7% →
PRIMO 4.66 bits
2.4% →
SLART 4.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1V4E1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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