5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MAWED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having a maw (of a specified kind).

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 MAWED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAWED 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 80.3% of games, misses completely in 19.7%, and leaves about 195 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,468 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.73 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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__D A in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position MA_ED M in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and D in the 5th position

Try next

HOIST RINSE SLART SENOR SONLY PRIMO
Words starting with M Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
195 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAWED 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.

3.73 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#8,468 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAWED ranks #8,468 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
56
3 guesses
772
4 guesses
1,289
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
11
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
31%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

464
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240
164
150
135
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49
41
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAWED:

20% chance
Suggested:
HOIST
13% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.7% →
HOIST 5.90 bits
12.9% →
RINSE 5.25 bits
10.2% →
SLART 5.41 bits
7.0% →
SLART 5.29 bits
6.4% →
SENOR 4.35 bits
5.7% →
SONLY 4.58 bits
2.5% →
PRIMO 4.62 bits
2.5% →
DIRGE 4.33 bits
2.1% →
SWORN 4.54 bits
2.1% →
DROIT 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1W4E1D2
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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