5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MAVIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Alternative spelling of maven.

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 MAVIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAVIN 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 241 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,943 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___N M in the 1st position and N in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _A__N A in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

SOREL REAST STILE TORSE TOUSE GRISE
Words starting with M Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
241 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAVIN 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,943 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAVIN ranks #7,943 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
819
4 guesses
1,220
5 guesses
246
6 guesses
12
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:
AIN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
27%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

565
338
235
152
142
104
68
67
53
50
34
34
34
31
27
24
23
22
21
20
15
14
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAVIN:

24% chance
Suggested:
SOREL
14% chance
Suggested:
REAST
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
SOREL 6.07 bits
14.3% →
REAST 5.67 bits
10.0% →
STILE 5.35 bits
6.4% →
TORSE 4.70 bits
6.0% →
TOUSE 5.12 bits
4.4% →
GRISE 4.32 bits
2.9% →
SLATE 4.51 bits
2.8% →
LOURE 4.78 bits
2.2% →
TRUCE 4.77 bits
2.1% →
PRASE 4.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1V4I1N1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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