5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOKES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of moke

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 MOKES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOKES 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 83.3% of games, misses completely in 16.7%, and leaves about 184 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,592 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MO_ES M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL REATE SAULT ARIEL TALON SLANT
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.48 Entropy (bits)
184 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOKES 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#9,592 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOKES ranks #9,592 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
766
4 guesses
1,274
5 guesses
251
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
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
28%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

76 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

394
363
176
174
165
128
126
65
62
54
53
46
40
35
34
29
29
27
23
20
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14
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOKES:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
15% chance
Suggested:
REATE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.7% →
TRAIL 6.03 bits
15.4% →
REATE 5.51 bits
7.5% →
SAULT 5.41 bits
7.4% →
ARIEL 4.25 bits
7.0% →
TALON 5.12 bits
5.4% →
SLANT 4.87 bits
5.3% →
CLARY 4.40 bits
2.8% →
CAULK 4.95 bits
2.6% →
DRONE 4.37 bits
2.3% →
CLUMP 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1K5E1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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