5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MAXES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of max

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 MAXES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MAXES 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 82.3% of games, misses completely in 17.7%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,162 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _A__S A in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MA_ES M in the 1st position, A in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

COUNT TRINE TRAIL SNOUT OLDER DEALT
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAXES 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,162 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAXES ranks #12,162 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
682
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
284
6 guesses
26
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:
AES

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

66 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

417
278
211
178
171
157
131
108
84
54
52
48
42
38
32
31
27
27
23
17
16
15
15
13
13
11
10
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAXES:

18% chance
Suggested:
COUNT
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.7% →
COUNT 5.73 bits
11.8% →
TRINE 5.27 bits
8.9% →
TRAIL 5.31 bits
7.5% →
SNOUT 4.95 bits
7.3% →
OLDER 4.19 bits
6.7% →
DEALT 4.77 bits
5.6% →
RAINY 4.00 bits
4.6% →
SNORE 4.45 bits
3.6% →
SHALT 4.61 bits
2.3% →
SLART 4.10 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1X8E1S1
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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