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MAYBE

Yes, MAYBE was the Wordle answer on June 15, 2023 (Wordle #726).

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

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.bi/[ˈmeɪ̯.bi]/mɛˈbiː/

Adverb

Perhaps, possibly.

“A small extra effort now can maybe save you much work later.”

Adverb

Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

Adjective

Possible; uncertain.

Noun

Something that is possibly true.

Alternative forms: mebbe, may-be

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: June 15, 2023 (#726).

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

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How MAYBE performs as a guess

MAYBE 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 174 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,264 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__B_ M in the 1st position and B in the 4th position _A__E A in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNORT SLIER SLART SIREN SOILY ALERT
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.59 Entropy (bits)
174 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 58% of evaluated openers
1.36 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MAYBE 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#9,264 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MAYBE ranks #9,264 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
793
4 guesses
1,221
5 guesses
270
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:
AE

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
34%
All gray
16%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M I L Y
M A Y B E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MAYBE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

388
299
244
209
146
92
91
78
64
53
49
39
38
38
37
37
29
28
26
24
20
19
18
17
16
16
16
16
15
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MAYBE:

16% chance
Suggested:
SNORT
13% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
10% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
SNORT 5.94 bits
12.7% →
SLIER 5.19 bits
10.3% →
SLART 5.41 bits
8.9% →
SIREN 4.56 bits
6.2% →
SOILY 4.49 bits
3.9% →
SLART 4.47 bits
3.9% →
ALERT 4.84 bits
3.3% →
TALON 4.25 bits
2.7% →
SLART 3.56 bits
2.2% →
BRUNT 4.81 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3A1Y4B3E1
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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