5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MENSA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnsə/[-nts-]

Noun

In planetary geology, a large mesa-like area of raised land.

Noun

The upper surface of an altar.

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 MENSA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MENSA 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 87.9% of games, misses completely in 12.1%, and leaves about 123 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,460 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _E__A E in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

COURT TOILE TRAIL TARGE SPILT IRONY
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.07 Entropy (bits)
123 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.88 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MENSA 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#3,460 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MENSA ranks #3,460 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
75
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,173
5 guesses
186
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:
AENS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
27%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

106 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

285
262
217
149
108
99
87
73
72
67
65
51
48
47
46
38
37
36
34
27
26
25
24
23
23
22
20
18
18
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MENSA:

12% chance
Suggested:
COURT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.1% →
COURT 5.71 bits
11.1% →
TOILE 5.30 bits
9.2% →
TRAIL 5.22 bits
6.3% →
TARGE 4.63 bits
4.6% →
SPILT 4.92 bits
4.2% →
IRONY 4.86 bits
3.7% →
DETER 4.49 bits
3.1% →
TRAIN 4.58 bits
3.1% →
SPREE 4.48 bits
2.8% →
DOREE 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3E1N1S1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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