5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MOODS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 83.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mood

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 MOODS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOODS 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 65.1% of games, misses completely in 34.9%, and leaves about 382 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,182 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 M__D_ M in the 1st position and D in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE ARIEL CARLE CANER CRATE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.77 Entropy (bits)
382 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.18 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOODS 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#10,182 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOODS ranks #10,182 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
40
3 guesses
772
4 guesses
1,261
5 guesses
258
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:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
28%
All gray
35%

Feedback distribution

70 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

822
373
171
123
100
93
90
52
51
41
36
35
29
21
20
20
19
19
17
15
14
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10
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7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOODS:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
16% chance
Suggested:
STALE
7% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.9% →
RAILE 6.18 bits
15.8% →
STALE 5.62 bits
7.3% →
ARIEL 5.63 bits
5.2% →
CARLE 4.77 bits
4.2% →
CANER 5.19 bits
3.9% →
CRATE 4.70 bits
3.8% →
ALURE 5.27 bits
2.2% →
CRUET 4.12 bits
2.2% →
NAICE 4.69 bits
1.7% →
RAINE 4.26 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1O1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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