5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOTUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of motu

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 MOTUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOTUS 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 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 212 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,452 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MO_US M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, U in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE PARLE TREAT CRANE CARLE PEART
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
212 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.39 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOTUS 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,452 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOTUS ranks #4,452 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
916
4 guesses
1,162
5 guesses
198
6 guesses
18
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:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
24%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

99 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
195
190
171
127
118
110
62
60
57
54
51
43
38
29
25
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOTUS:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
8% chance
Suggested:
PARLE
8% chance
Suggested:
TREAT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.3% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
8.3% →
PARLE 5.51 bits
8.1% →
TREAT 5.54 bits
7.3% →
CRANE 5.41 bits
5.4% →
CARLE 4.99 bits
5.0% →
CARLE 4.72 bits
4.7% →
PEART 4.79 bits
2.6% →
SLANE 4.25 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 5.21 bits
2.4% →
CARLE 4.63 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1T1U1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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