5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MOMMA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 79.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒmə//ˈmɑmə/

Noun

Alternative spelling of mama.

Noun

A betel nut plus other ingredients (like areca nut, betel leaves, slaked lime, and tobacco) to be chewed on.

Alternative forms: moma

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 MOMMA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOMMA 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 66.5% of games, misses completely in 33.5%, and leaves about 488 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,660 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.99 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__M_ M in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER TARSE TRINE CRUET TALON TALER
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

3.04 Entropy (bits)
488 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
79.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 2% of evaluated openers
2.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOMMA 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.

3.99 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#14,660 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOMMA ranks #14,660 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
32
3 guesses
535
4 guesses
1,241
5 guesses
507
6 guesses
36
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:
AO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
22%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

789
635
259
201
90
35
35
32
30
28
26
25
22
19
15
14
9
9
8
7
7
5
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOMMA:

33% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
27% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.5% →
SLIER 6.01 bits
26.9% →
TARSE 5.50 bits
11.0% →
TRINE 5.22 bits
8.5% →
CRUET 4.63 bits
3.8% →
TALON 4.51 bits
1.5% →
TALER 4.24 bits
1.5% →
SLIER 4.49 bits
1.4% →
PRICE 4.43 bits
1.3% →
SIDEY 4.26 bits
1.2% →
CLARY 3.97 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1M3M3A1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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