Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOORS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.5% of possible answers.

Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of moor

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of moor

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 MOORS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOORS 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 272 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,156 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.76 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.

First-turn measures

4.19 Entropy (bits)
272 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOORS 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.

3.76 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,156 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOORS ranks #10,156 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
45
3 guesses
818
4 guesses
1,165
5 guesses
293
6 guesses
31

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
31%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

80 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

616
349
299
102
81
70
69
68
56
49
48
46
45
35
32
26
26
25
16
15
14
14
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOORS:

26% chance
Suggested:
LIANE
15% chance
Suggested:
CADIE
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1%
LIANE 6.16 bits
14.8%
CADIE 5.38 bits
12.7%
STALE 5.71 bits
4.3%
LEANY 4.43 bits
3.4%
SAUTE 4.76 bits
3.0%
TALON 5.01 bits
2.9%
THALE 4.78 bits
2.9%
PLATE 5.03 bits
2.4%
BLATE 4.62 bits
2.1%
RANCE 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1O1R1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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