5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOVES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /muːvz/

Noun

plural of move

Noun

A good ability to dance.

“Check out the guy on the dancefloor, he's got seriously good moves.”

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of move

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 MOVES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOVES 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 81.7% of games, misses completely in 18.3%, and leaves about 199 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #10,418 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MO_ES M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

CAIRN REATE SAULT TALON ARIEL SLANT
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.42 Entropy (bits)
199 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 47% of evaluated openers
1.53 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOVES 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
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#10,418 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOVES ranks #10,418 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
738
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
262
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

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
EOS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
82%
Green tile
29%
All gray
18%

Feedback distribution

82 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

432
361
213
166
161
131
126
55
55
55
47
35
32
30
27
26
23
22
20
20
19
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOVES:

18% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN
15% chance
Suggested:
REATE
9% chance
Suggested:
SAULT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.3% →
CAIRN 5.86 bits
15.3% →
REATE 5.46 bits
9.0% →
SAULT 5.34 bits
7.0% →
TALON 5.04 bits
6.8% →
ARIEL 4.25 bits
5.6% →
SLANT 4.84 bits
5.3% →
CLARY 4.45 bits
2.3% →
SPORT 3.85 bits
2.3% →
DRONE 4.26 bits
2.3% →
LAIRY 4.52 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1V4E1S1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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