5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOLLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Archaic form of mullah.

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 MOLLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOLLA 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 262 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,924 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.

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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TARSE CRUET SNARE SLIER BARON
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
262 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.77 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOLLA 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
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#9,924 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOLLA ranks #9,924 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
802
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
296
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

565
424
201
156
141
121
65
54
44
41
41
33
30
26
25
25
23
22
22
22
19
16
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11
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9
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8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOLLA:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
TRINE 6.20 bits
18.0% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
8.5% →
TRINE 5.40 bits
6.6% →
CRUET 4.79 bits
6.0% →
SNARE 4.64 bits
5.1% →
SLIER 4.91 bits
2.8% →
BARON 4.77 bits
2.3% →
TRIPE 4.95 bits
1.9% →
CRUSE 3.85 bits
1.7% →
SUITE 4.55 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1L1L1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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