5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOLYS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 MOLYS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOLYS 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 77.3% of games, misses completely in 22.7%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,755 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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 _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRACE TIARE RAINE TRINE RANCE THALE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.41 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 45% of evaluated openers
1.54 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOLYS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#5,755 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOLYS ranks #5,755 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
41
3 guesses
900
4 guesses
1,194
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
15
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)
77%
Green tile
21%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

535
257
253
176
153
99
69
64
58
53
53
36
36
34
33
31
27
27
26
25
22
16
16
15
14
14
13
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOLYS:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRACE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
RAINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.7% →
TRACE 6.41 bits
10.9% →
TIARE 5.66 bits
10.7% →
RAINE 5.41 bits
7.5% →
TRINE 5.35 bits
6.5% →
TIARE 4.82 bits
4.2% →
RANCE 4.81 bits
2.9% →
THALE 4.63 bits
2.7% →
SNORT 4.36 bits
2.5% →
IRATE 5.06 bits
2.2% →
SAIST 4.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1L1Y4S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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