5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MOFOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 81.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mofo

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 MOFOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOFOS 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 61.5% of games, misses completely in 38.5%, and leaves about 447 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,736 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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 CRANE CARNE ALURE REACT
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.50 Entropy (bits)
447 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
81.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 7% of evaluated openers
2.45 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOFOS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#12,736 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOFOS ranks #12,736 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,246
5 guesses
342
6 guesses
20
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)
62%
Green tile
23%
All gray
38%

Feedback distribution

60 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

909
379
158
146
104
98
60
59
57
37
35
24
21
21
19
17
16
15
13
12
12
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11
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9
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6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOFOS:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
16% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

38.5% →
RAILE 6.19 bits
16.1% →
STALE 5.60 bits
6.7% →
CRANE 5.33 bits
6.2% →
CARNE 4.71 bits
4.4% →
RAILE 5.40 bits
4.2% →
ALURE 5.20 bits
2.5% →
REACT 4.23 bits
2.5% →
TALER 4.74 bits
2.4% →
NAICE 4.74 bits
1.6% →
URITE 4.05 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1F4O1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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