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MOIST

Yes, MOIST was the Wordle answer on February 2, 2022 (Wordle #228).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mɔɪst/

Adjective

Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.

Adjective

Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.

Verb

To rain lightly; to drizzle.

Noun

Moistness; also, moisture.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: February 2, 2022 (#228).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MOIST performs as a guess

MOIST is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 80.8% of games, misses completely in 19.2%, and leaves about 148 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #463 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.58 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___T M in the 1st position and T in the 5th position M__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

CARLE LINER CRANE PARLE DROLE TARTE
Words starting with M Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
148 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOIST 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.

3.58 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#463 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOIST ranks #463 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
1,040
4 guesses
1,062
5 guesses
158
6 guesses
21
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:
IOST

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
39%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
M O I S T

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOIST in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

112 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

453
156
155
136
130
116
109
78
66
63
58
49
41
38
34
33
33
32
29
28
25
23
20
20
18
17
16
16
15
15

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOIST:

19% chance
Suggested:
CARLE
7% chance
Suggested:
LINER
7% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.2% →
CARLE 6.19 bits
6.6% →
LINER 5.27 bits
6.6% →
CRANE 5.48 bits
5.8% →
PARLE 5.37 bits
5.5% →
DROLE 4.44 bits
4.9% →
TARTE 5.48 bits
4.6% →
CRANE 5.05 bits
3.3% →
CARLE 4.99 bits
2.8% →
CARLE 4.71 bits
2.7% →
ALURE 5.06 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1I1S1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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