5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOLDS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mold

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mold

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 MOLDS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOLDS 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 77.5% of games, misses completely in 22.5%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,513 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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__D_ M in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAINE TRINE DRAIN TRUCE THALE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.46 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 49% of evaluated openers
1.49 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOLDS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.66 Volatility
#2,513 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOLDS ranks #2,513 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
955
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
157
6 guesses
10
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
1 vowels
Common:
LOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
23%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

86 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

530
284
244
150
123
101
73
66
59
48
45
43
39
38
35
35
33
29
27
24
24
18
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14
13
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13
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOLDS:

22% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
12% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.5% →
TIARE 6.32 bits
12.0% →
TIARE 5.71 bits
10.3% →
RAINE 5.44 bits
6.4% →
TRINE 5.34 bits
5.2% →
DRAIN 5.45 bits
4.3% →
TRUCE 4.81 bits
3.1% →
THALE 4.71 bits
2.8% →
SNORT 4.42 bits
2.5% →
PAIRE 4.96 bits
2.0% →
RAILE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1L1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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