5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MOCOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of moco

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 MOCOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOCOS 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 368 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,495 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MO_OS M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, O in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE TRINE TALER ALURE TRONE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.81 Entropy (bits)
368 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 15% of evaluated openers
2.14 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOCOS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#10,495 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOCOS ranks #10,495 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
775
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
290
6 guesses
21
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
24%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

800
358
202
138
120
86
54
47
46
45
35
35
35
32
29
21
18
17
16
16
15
14
13
11
10
10
8
8
7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOCOS:

34% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
RAILE 6.25 bits
15.2% →
STALE 5.62 bits
8.6% →
RAILE 5.44 bits
5.9% →
TRINE 5.26 bits
5.1% →
TALER 4.50 bits
3.6% →
ALURE 5.23 bits
2.3% →
TALER 4.63 bits
2.0% →
TRONE 4.35 bits
2.0% →
SCALE 4.51 bits
1.9% →
LEANY 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1C3O1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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