Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOCAP

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Syllabic abbreviation of motion capture.

Verb

Syllabic abbreviation of motion capture.

Alternative forms: mo-cap

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 MOCAP performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOCAP 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 77.6% of games, misses completely in 22.4%, and leaves about 222 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,195 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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.

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
222 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOCAP 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#4,195 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOCAP ranks #4,195 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
897
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
189
6 guesses
9
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
25%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

529
370
164
147
115
93
93
82
69
66
43
42
40
35
31
25
25
24
24
17
16
16
14
14
13
13
12
11
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOCAP:

22% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
16% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
7% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.4%
SLIER 6.04 bits
15.7%
SLATE 5.65 bits
7.0%
TRINE 5.42 bits
6.2%
TRONE 4.48 bits
4.9%
CRINE 5.22 bits
3.9%
SILER 5.39 bits
3.9%
CRANE 4.81 bits
3.5%
TALER 4.80 bits
2.9%
PARTE 4.85 bits
2.8%
TALER 4.43 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1C3A1P3
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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