5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOTZA

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A lot of money.

Noun

Alternative form of matzo.

Alternative forms: motser

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 MOTZA performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOTZA 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 77.2% of games, misses completely in 22.8%, and leaves about 260 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,527 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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___A M in the 1st position and A in the 5th position M__Z_ M in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _O__A O in the 2nd position and A in the 5th position

Try next

SLIER SLANE CRINE SNARE DROLE SHIRE
Words starting with M Words ending with A

First-turn measures

4.05 Entropy (bits)
260 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 25% of evaluated openers
1.90 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOTZA 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,527 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOTZA ranks #10,527 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
758
4 guesses
1,249
5 guesses
275
6 guesses
21
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:
AOT

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
22%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

74 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

537
422
205
178
164
147
66
65
60
48
44
38
36
26
23
22
21
18
18
17
16
13
9
9
8
8
8
8
7
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOTZA:

23% chance
Suggested:
SLIER
18% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
SLIER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.8% →
SLIER 6.08 bits
17.9% →
SLANE 5.43 bits
8.7% →
SLIER 5.55 bits
7.5% →
CRINE 5.31 bits
7.0% →
SNARE 4.84 bits
6.2% →
DROLE 4.45 bits
2.8% →
SHIRE 4.50 bits
2.8% →
ARSON 4.54 bits
2.5% →
SLIPE 4.86 bits
2.0% →
PRASE 4.56 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1T1Z10A1
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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