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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MBARS

MBARS 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

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MBARS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MBARS 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 81.3% of games, misses completely in 18.7%, and leaves about 185 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,054 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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__R_ M in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _B__S B in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TOILE TALER CLONE THALE SALET SIREE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
185 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MBARS 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#5,054 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MBARS ranks #5,054 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
896
4 guesses
1,203
5 guesses
197
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
24%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

87 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

442
280
231
230
109
79
74
74
66
64
53
51
41
40
34
33
30
27
25
24
23
22
22
17
16
14
13
12
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MBARS:

19% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
12% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.7% →
TOILE 6.11 bits
11.9% →
TOILE 5.20 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.47 bits
9.8% →
TOILE 5.26 bits
4.6% →
TALER 4.73 bits
3.4% →
TOILE 5.04 bits
3.1% →
CLONE 4.80 bits
3.1% →
THALE 4.33 bits
2.8% →
SALET 4.75 bits
2.7% →
SIREE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3B3A1R1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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