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MOTOR

Yes, MOTOR was the Wordle answer on October 8, 2021 (Wordle #111).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtə//ˈmoʊtəɹ/[ˈmoʊɾɚ]

Noun

A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.

“The door can close by itself because there's a small motor built into it.”

Noun

A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.

“Nice motor!”

Adjective

Relating to the ability to move.

“She has excellent motor skills.”

Adjective

Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).

Alternative forms: motour

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

Used once

Past Wordle answer: October 8, 2021 (#111).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MOTOR performs as a guess

MOTOR 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 74.2% of games, misses completely in 25.8%, and leaves about 250 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,134 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLANE SAICE SALET ARISE LAIDE LEANY
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
250 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOTOR 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#8,134 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOTOR ranks #8,134 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
828
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
262
6 guesses
19
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:
ORT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
30%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
T O R S O
M O T O R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOTOR in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

608
290
264
109
102
93
93
79
71
54
44
38
34
33
31
28
23
22
17
17
17
17
15
14
12
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12
10
10
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOTOR:

26% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
12% chance
Suggested:
SAICE
11% chance
Suggested:
SALET

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.8% →
SLANE 6.27 bits
12.3% →
SAICE 5.50 bits
11.2% →
SALET 5.71 bits
4.6% →
ARISE 4.93 bits
4.3% →
LAIDE 4.00 bits
3.9% →
SLANE 5.22 bits
3.9% →
LEANY 4.44 bits
3.4% →
SLIPE 5.23 bits
3.0% →
CRANE 4.55 bits
2.3% →
PLACE 4.39 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1T1O1R1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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