5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MODUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈməʊdəs/

Noun

A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, etc.

Noun

A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.

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 MODUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MODUS 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 72.5% of games, misses completely in 27.5%, and leaves about 263 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,321 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MO_US M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, U in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER STALE TRONE CARLE ARIEL SAUNT
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.26 Entropy (bits)
263 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 36% of evaluated openers
1.69 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MODUS 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,321 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MODUS ranks #6,321 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,207
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
14
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
22%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

648
287
181
152
140
125
77
73
62
43
38
36
31
29
25
22
22
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MODUS:

27% chance
Suggested:
TALER
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.5% →
TALER 6.13 bits
12.2% →
STALE 5.68 bits
7.7% →
TRONE 5.27 bits
6.4% →
CARLE 5.08 bits
5.9% →
ARIEL 5.48 bits
5.3% →
CARLE 4.64 bits
3.3% →
SAUNT 4.40 bits
3.1% →
TROPE 4.13 bits
2.6% →
RAILE 5.22 bits
1.8% →
NAICE 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1D2U1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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