Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

MOKUS

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

No dictionary definition for MOKUS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use MOKUS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How MOKUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOKUS 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 68.8% of games, misses completely in 31.2%, and leaves about 318 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,960 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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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First-turn measures

All four describe MOKUS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.98 Entropy (bits)
318 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MOKUS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
100% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#9,960 Rank among openers
Opening with MOKUS solved every answer in the snapshot within six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.76 average. It ranks #9,960 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
791
4 guesses
1,250
5 guesses
258
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
20%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

MOKUS can come back 69 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

745 answers
274 answers
210 answers
170 answers
147 answers
77 answers
73 answers
71 answers
70 answers
47 answers
41 answers
39 answers
29 answers
26 answers
26 answers
26 answers
23 answers
22 answers
21 answers
20 answers
18 answers
16 answers
14 answers
14 answers
12 answers
11 answers
9 answers
8 answers
8 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1K5U1S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing MOKUS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to MOKUS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOKUS:

31% chance
Suggested:
TALER
11% chance
Suggested:
STALE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.2% →
TALER 6.12 bits
11.5% →
STALE 5.70 bits
8.8% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
7.1% →
TRINE 5.23 bits
6.2% →
TALER 4.56 bits
3.2% →
CARLE 5.21 bits
3.1% →
SHART 4.39 bits
3.0% →
RAILE 5.23 bits
2.9% →
TRONE 4.25 bits
2.0% →
NAICE 4.60 bits

Research on MOKUS

Game-tree analysis and word research for MOKUS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with MOKUS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.78 guesses and ranks #9,966 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

In hard mode it averages 3.91 guesses at best and is rank #4,349 of the 7,453 openers that can still guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.76, at or below the proven-optimal 3.78, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).