5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MOLER

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

As an opener, it rules out about 95.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Synonym of molecatcher (“one who catches moles”).

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 MOLER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOLER 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 88.0% of games, misses completely in 12.0%, and leaves about 112 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,589 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 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___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position MO_ER M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT TEASE SAUNT SATIN STAIN SCANT
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.22 Entropy (bits)
112 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
95.2% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 92% of evaluated openers
0.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOLER 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.

3.61 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,589 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOLER ranks #1,589 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
61
3 guesses
999
4 guesses
1,107
5 guesses
167
6 guesses
20
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:
ELOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
88%
Green tile
33%
All gray
12%

Feedback distribution

113 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

284
231
164
149
146
111
89
81
80
74
51
43
42
38
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35
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOLER:

12% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
10% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

12.0% →
SAINT 6.13 bits
9.8% →
SAINT 5.58 bits
7.0% →
SAINT 5.39 bits
6.3% →
SAINT 5.27 bits
6.2% →
TEASE 4.79 bits
4.7% →
TEASE 4.85 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 5.12 bits
3.4% →
SAUNT 4.33 bits
3.4% →
SAINT 3.77 bits
3.1% →
SAUNT 4.19 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1L1E1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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