5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOOLA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmuːˌlɑː//ˈmuː.lə//ˈmyː.lɑ/

Noun

Money, cash.

Noun

Obsolete form of mullah.

Alternative forms: moolah

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 MOOLA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOOLA 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 76.0% of games, misses completely in 24.0%, and leaves about 256 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #9,543 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

TRINE TARSE RANSE SLIER CRUET STIRE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.24 Entropy (bits)
256 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 35% of evaluated openers
1.71 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOOLA 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#9,543 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOOLA ranks #9,543 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
810
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
24
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
3 vowels
Common:
ALO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

85 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

565
424
171
149
128
106
75
71
54
44
41
40
31
30
25
24
22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOOLA:

24% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
18% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
7% chance
Suggested:
RANSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.0% →
TRINE 6.20 bits
18.0% →
TARSE 5.63 bits
7.3% →
RANSE 4.68 bits
6.3% →
SLIER 5.00 bits
5.4% →
CRUET 4.88 bits
4.5% →
TRINE 4.85 bits
3.2% →
STIRE 4.47 bits
3.0% →
TENOR 5.10 bits
2.3% →
TRIPE 4.95 bits
1.9% →
BARON 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1O1L1A1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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