5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MBARI

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A ceremonial clay shrine filled with clay models of humans or deities, made by the Igbo tribe.

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 MBARI performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MBARI 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 83.4% of games, misses completely in 16.6%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,404 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___I M in the 1st position and I in the 5th position M__R_ M in the 1st position and R in the 4th position

Try next

STOLE SIENT TOUSE SALET PALET SNIDE
Words starting with M Words ending with I

First-turn measures

4.53 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 54% of evaluated openers
1.41 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MBARI 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,404 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MBARI ranks #6,404 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
42
3 guesses
903
4 guesses
1,156
5 guesses
239
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:
AIR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
23%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

391
289
249
242
133
113
105
63
55
50
48
47
35
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27
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MBARI:

17% chance
Suggested:
STOLE
12% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOUSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.6% →
STOLE 6.00 bits
12.3% →
SIENT 5.37 bits
10.6% →
TOUSE 5.37 bits
10.3% →
SALET 5.46 bits
5.6% →
STOLE 5.09 bits
4.8% →
PALET 4.72 bits
4.5% →
SNIDE 4.46 bits
2.7% →
CLONE 4.82 bits
2.3% →
ANVIL 4.37 bits
2.1% →
CONTE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3B3A1R1I1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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