5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MOATS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of moat

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 MOATS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOATS 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 83.6% of games, misses completely in 16.4%, and leaves about 135 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,118 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 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__T_ M in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MO_TS M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, T in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

LINER CARLE SLIER TRICE CRINE DROLE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

5.03 Entropy (bits)
135 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.3% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOATS 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.

3.60 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,118 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOATS ranks #1,118 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
72
3 guesses
979
4 guesses
1,130
5 guesses
155
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
AOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
33%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

386
219
148
130
127
120
113
84
65
61
57
56
47
47
39
38
35
28
27
27
26
25
22
21
21
19
19
18
17
16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOATS:

16% chance
Suggested:
LINER
9% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
6% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.4% →
LINER 5.98 bits
9.3% →
CARLE 5.40 bits
6.3% →
SLIER 5.26 bits
5.5% →
TRICE 5.33 bits
5.4% →
CRINE 5.27 bits
5.1% →
DROLE 4.45 bits
4.8% →
DRICE 4.93 bits
3.6% →
CARLE 4.57 bits
2.8% →
SIREN 4.55 bits
2.6% →
SHULE 4.27 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1A1T1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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