5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOTTE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒt/

Noun

A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.

Noun

An argument which is uncontroversial and easy to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).

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 MOTTE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOTTE 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 80.7% of games, misses completely in 19.3%, and leaves about 194 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,813 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.78 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__T_ M in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

SNAIL ARIEL SERAL ARSON SAINT SLEER
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
194 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOTTE 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.

3.78 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#10,813 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOTTE ranks #10,813 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
749
4 guesses
1,212
5 guesses
309
6 guesses
22
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:
EOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
38%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

92 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

454
326
220
169
144
112
108
66
54
53
38
35
33
32
29
28
28
28
28
27
23
23
21
15
14
14
12
12
12
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOTTE:

19% chance
Suggested:
SNAIL
14% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
SERAL

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.3% →
SNAIL 5.91 bits
13.8% →
ARIEL 5.18 bits
9.3% →
SERAL 4.59 bits
7.2% →
ARSON 5.25 bits
6.1% →
SAINT 5.45 bits
4.7% →
SLEER 4.76 bits
4.6% →
CLARY 4.51 bits
2.8% →
CLAMP 4.95 bits
2.3% →
SNARE 3.56 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.08 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1T1T1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 8 points

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