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Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MODES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mode

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 MODES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MODES 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 84.2% of games, misses completely in 15.8%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,004 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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MO_ES M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN REATE SAULT TALON LATER SLART
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.77 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 70% of evaluated openers
1.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MODES 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
#5,004 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MODES ranks #5,004 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
860
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
179
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
30%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

91 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

372
306
202
147
144
128
96
72
70
54
53
46
43
34
31
29
29
26
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MODES:

16% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
13% chance
Suggested:
REATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.8% →
CAIRN 5.91 bits
13.0% →
REATE 5.50 bits
8.6% →
SAULT 5.34 bits
6.2% →
TALON 5.15 bits
6.1% →
LATER 4.47 bits
5.4% →
SLART 4.99 bits
4.1% →
CLARY 4.44 bits
3.1% →
TIARE 4.70 bits
3.0% →
DRAIN 5.11 bits
2.3% →
SPORT 3.96 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1D2E1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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