Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

MODOM

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

No dictionary definition for MODOM is recorded in our sourced data.

As an opener, it rules out about 71.0% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MODOM performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MODOM 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 48.4% of games, misses completely in 51.6%, and leaves about 690 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #14,406 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.94 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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First-turn measures

All four describe MODOM used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

2.94 Entropy (bits)
690 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
71.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 1% of evaluated openers
3.00 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MODOM 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.

3.94 Avg guesses
99.83% Solved within six
0.75 Spread of game lengths
#14,406 Rank among openers
Opening with MODOM left 4 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.75 means those games clustered within about 0.75 of a guess of the 3.94 average. It ranks #14,406 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
36
3 guesses
584
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
457
6 guesses
32
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.46 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
O

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
48%
Green tile
24%
All gray
52%

Feedback distribution

MODOM can come back 56 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

1226 answers
206 answers
198 answers
165 answers
105 answers
64 answers
54 answers
46 answers
32 answers
31 answers
25 answers
24 answers
21 answers
19 answers
19 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers
7 answers
7 answers
7 answers
6 answers
6 answers
6 answers
5 answers
5 answers
5 answers
4 answers
4 answers
3 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1D2O1M3
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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

Strategy after playing MODOM

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to MODOM.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MODOM:

52% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
CRATE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

51.6%
RAISE 6.11 bits
8.7%
CRATE 5.26 bits
8.3%
ARIEL 5.56 bits
7.0%
CARET 4.81 bits
4.4%
ALURE 5.15 bits
2.7%
TALER 4.72 bits
2.3%
SAICE 4.53 bits
1.9%
ANILE 4.52 bits
1.3%
CRINE 4.35 bits
1.3%
DOWNY 3.57 bits

Research on MODOM

Game-tree analysis and word research for MODOM, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with MODOM, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.94 guesses and ranks #14,355 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with MODOM can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.94, at or below the proven-optimal 3.94, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

How it sounds

Two syllables, stress on the first syllable Say it MOHDUHM. Estimated pronunciation

This pronunciation is machine-estimated, not taken from a pronunciation dictionary.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT); Pronunciation: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (BSD), with machine estimates from the g2p_en model.