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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MONTH

Yes, MONTH was the Wordle answer on March 9, 2022 (Wordle #263).

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mʌnθ//mʊnt̪//mʊnt/

Noun

A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.

“July is my favourite month.”

Noun

A period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof.

“We went on holiday for two months.”

Alternative forms: moneth

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: March 9, 2022 (#263).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MONTH performs as a guess

MONTH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,000 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___H M in the 1st position and H in the 5th position M__T_ M in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__H O in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE REAST PALER CARLE SACRE PARLE
Words starting with M Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.57 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MONTH 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#3,000 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MONTH ranks #3,000 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
934
4 guesses
1,155
5 guesses
185
6 guesses
14
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:
NOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
B U S H Y
M O N T H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MONTH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

598
228
174
144
112
92
91
66
66
65
64
62
40
39
38
28
26
25
22
19
16
15
15
14
12
12
12
11
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MONTH:

25% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
REAST
7% chance
Suggested:
RAILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
RAILE 6.29 bits
9.7% →
REAST 5.65 bits
7.4% →
RAILE 5.37 bits
6.1% →
PALER 5.04 bits
4.7% →
CARLE 4.73 bits
3.9% →
SACRE 5.30 bits
3.9% →
PARLE 5.35 bits
2.8% →
SAUNT 4.64 bits
2.8% →
SWARE 4.35 bits
2.8% →
SPARE 4.64 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1N1T1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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