5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MOLLO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 78.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Proper noun

A surname.

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 MOLLO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOLLO 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 57.0% of games, misses completely in 43.0%, and leaves about 508 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,773 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.88 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___O M in the 1st position and O in the 5th position M__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__O O in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE RAISE TRONE CRUET TRAPE SAICE
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

3.40 Entropy (bits)
508 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
78.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOLLO 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.

3.88 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,773 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOLLO ranks #13,773 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
34
3 guesses
649
4 guesses
1,263
5 guesses
369
6 guesses
38
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

3/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
LO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
57%
Green tile
26%
All gray
43%

Feedback distribution

64 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1014
266
212
148
102
75
59
52
51
30
28
25
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOLLO:

43% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAISE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

43.0% →
TIARE 6.28 bits
11.3% →
RAISE 5.32 bits
9.0% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
6.3% →
CRUET 4.87 bits
4.3% →
TRAPE 5.18 bits
3.2% →
SAICE 4.77 bits
2.5% →
SAICE 4.59 bits
2.2% →
BEAST 4.77 bits
2.2% →
CAUSE 4.04 bits
1.3% →
TRINE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1L1L1O1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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