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MOVER

Yes, MOVER was the Wordle answer on May 16, 2026 (Wordle #1792).

As an opener, it rules out about 92.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmuːvə/

Noun

Someone who or something that moves.

Noun

A dancer.

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: May 16, 2026 (#1792).

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

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How MOVER performs as a guess

MOVER 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 81.0% of games, misses completely in 19.0%, and leaves about 188 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,698 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position MO_ER M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and R in the 5th position

Try next

SAINT SLATE IRATE SLANT SALTY SLUMP
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.61 Entropy (bits)
188 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
92.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 59% of evaluated openers
1.34 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOVER 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
0.70 Volatility
#7,698 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOVER ranks #7,698 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
837
4 guesses
1,209
5 guesses
240
6 guesses
15
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:
EOR

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
30%
All gray
19%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S M O C K
M O V E R

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOVER in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

447
340
194
150
133
113
90
81
80
60
51
38
37
34
29
24
24
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOVER:

19% chance
Suggested:
SAINT
14% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
8% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.0% →
SAINT 6.09 bits
14.4% →
SLATE 5.68 bits
8.2% →
SAINT 5.35 bits
6.4% →
IRATE 4.64 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 5.30 bits
4.8% →
SALTY 4.42 bits
3.8% →
SAINT 3.74 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.85 bits
3.4% →
SLANT 4.04 bits
2.5% →
SLUMP 4.83 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1V4E1R1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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