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Possible answer Not used yet C tier opener

MOTIF

MOTIF is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 90.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /moʊˈtiːf/

Noun

A recurring or dominant element; an artistic theme.

“See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?”

Noun

A short melodic or lyrical passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 MOTIF performs as a guess

MOTIF is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 74.9% of games, misses completely in 25.1%, and leaves about 236 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,078 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _O__F O in the 2nd position and F in the 5th position

Try next

SERAL RINSE REAST CRANE DROLE GRISE
Words starting with M Words ending with F

First-turn measures

4.36 Entropy (bits)
236 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
90.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 42% of evaluated openers
1.59 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOTIF 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.68 Volatility
#6,078 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOTIF ranks #6,078 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
871
4 guesses
1,216
5 guesses
207
6 guesses
12
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
26%
All gray
25%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C U M I N
M O T I F

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOTIF in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

81 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

593
235
232
188
146
87
80
68
64
53
47
41
38
31
31
27
25
23
21
18
16
16
15
14
12
12
11
10
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOTIF:

25% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
10% chance
Suggested:
RINSE
10% chance
Suggested:
REAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.1% →
SERAL 6.19 bits
10.0% →
RINSE 5.25 bits
9.8% →
REAST 5.69 bits
8.0% →
CRANE 5.56 bits
6.2% →
DROLE 4.51 bits
3.7% →
GRISE 4.65 bits
3.4% →
PRASE 5.13 bits
2.9% →
SHORT 4.52 bits
2.7% →
CLADE 4.71 bits
2.2% →
SERAL 4.76 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1T1I1F4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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