5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOSES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈməʊzɪz//-zɪs//ˈmoʊzəs/

Proper noun

The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.

Proper noun

A male given name from Hebrew.

Interjection

An exclamation of shock.

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 MOSES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOSES 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 218 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,286 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MO_ES M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL REATE ARIEL TALON SLANT CLARY
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.27 Entropy (bits)
218 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 37% of evaluated openers
1.68 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOSES 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#12,286 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOSES ranks #12,286 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
693
4 guesses
1,270
5 guesses
316
6 guesses
25
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:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
30%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

79 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

459
393
182
179
178
130
124
68
55
52
38
38
35
32
25
24
24
21
20
20
20
18
14
13
13
12
12
11
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOSES:

19% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
17% chance
Suggested:
REATE
8% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
TRAIL 5.97 bits
16.7% →
REATE 5.48 bits
7.7% →
ARIEL 4.25 bits
7.6% →
TALON 5.05 bits
7.5% →
SLANT 5.26 bits
5.5% →
CLARY 4.46 bits
5.3% →
SLANT 4.79 bits
2.9% →
DRONE 4.25 bits
2.3% →
LAIRY 4.52 bits
2.2% →
SPORT 3.71 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1S1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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