5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MOOKS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 80.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mook

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 MOOKS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOOKS 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 60.5% of games, misses completely in 39.5%, and leaves about 452 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,112 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.85 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__K_ M in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STARE CARNE LATER ALURE PLANE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.53 Entropy (bits)
452 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
80.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 8% of evaluated openers
2.42 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOOKS 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.

3.85 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#13,112 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOOKS ranks #13,112 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
688
4 guesses
1,255
5 guesses
346
6 guesses
27
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)
60%
Green tile
28%
All gray
40%

Feedback distribution

62 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

931
350
151
120
103
100
77
54
48
41
38
32
26
22
21
21
17
15
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14
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11
8
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5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOOKS:

39% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
15% chance
Suggested:
STARE
6% chance
Suggested:
CARNE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.5% →
RAILE 6.22 bits
14.8% →
STARE 5.66 bits
6.4% →
CARNE 4.70 bits
5.1% →
LATER 5.23 bits
4.4% →
ALURE 5.25 bits
4.2% →
PLANE 4.61 bits
3.3% →
CARLE 5.10 bits
2.3% →
NAICE 4.71 bits
2.0% →
CRUET 4.13 bits
1.7% →
SLANT 4.22 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1O1K5S1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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