5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MOIRA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 94.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɪɹə/

Proper noun

The personification of fate, especially as Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.

Proper noun

A female given name from Irish.

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 MOIRA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOIRA 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 90.1% of games, misses completely in 9.9%, and leaves about 128 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,698 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__R_ M in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SLEET CASTE SUETE LITHE SLANE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

5.05 Entropy (bits)
128 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
94.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 86% of evaluated openers
0.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOIRA 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#3,698 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOIRA ranks #3,698 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
931
4 guesses
1,105
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
15
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
3 vowels
Common:
AIOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
33%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

115 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

338
233
148
146
145
118
114
109
75
60
57
53
50
44
42
33
31
26
24
24
24
24
23
20
18
17
17
15
13
13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOIRA:

14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLEET
6% chance
Suggested:
CASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.3% →
SLATE 5.75 bits
9.9% →
SLEET 5.78 bits
6.3% →
CASTE 4.71 bits
6.2% →
SUETE 5.23 bits
6.1% →
LITHE 5.03 bits
5.0% →
SLANE 4.68 bits
4.8% →
CLOTE 4.91 bits
4.6% →
SHULE 4.42 bits
3.2% →
TENOR 3.94 bits
2.5% →
SCOTE 3.61 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1I1R1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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