Very unlikely Accepted guess B tier for first-turn info

MRADS

MRADS is an accepted guess. Its modelled answer likelihood is very unlikely; no globally completed appearance is recorded here.

No dictionary definition for MRADS is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use MRADS in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 93.4% of possible answers.

Wordle status

Answer chance: very unlikely. Roughly 0.05% within a year (about 1 in 2,113), under the model through 2026-11-05. This is an estimate, not a publisher forecast. How this is calculated.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Earlier benchmark pool

No

Membership in the preserved uniform benchmark; it is not a future eligibility rule.

Past Wordle answer

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How MRADS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MRADS as a guess. It is outside this preserved uniform benchmark’s answer pool; that is not a claim about future eligibility.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 83.0% of games, misses completely in 17.0%, and leaves about 157 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #2,514 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

First-turn measures

All four describe MRADS used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

4.81 Entropy (bits)
157 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.4% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MRADS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.68 Spread of game lengths
#2,514 Rank among openers
Opening with MRADS left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.68 means those games clustered within about 0.68 of a guess of the 3.63 average. It ranks #2,514 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
47
3 guesses
983
4 guesses
1,133
5 guesses
177
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ARS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
29%
All gray
17%

When MRADS is useful later

MRADS tied for the smallest expected survivor count in 6 of 55 sampled positions where it was legal. This designed sample is not a measure of how often real players should use it.

After SLATE: 3 candidates, normal mode

SLATE: 10100 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

RASPS: 11002 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

ABRIS: 10202 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

HORAS: 00222 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: DURAS, MURAS, UMRAS.

With a budget of 2 more guesses, MRADS is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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After ADIEU: 4 candidates, normal mode

ADIEU: 02000 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: ODDLY, ODOOM, ODORS, ODYLS.

With a budget of 5 more guesses, MRADS is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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After AUDIO: 3 candidates, normal mode

AUDIO: 11200 (0 = grey, 1 = yellow, 2 = green).

Remaining answers: LADDU, SADHU, UNDAM.

With a budget of 5 more guesses, MRADS is an information probe, outside this survivor list. It leaves 1.00 candidates on average under the model. Every feedback identifies a single candidate; another turn may be needed to submit it.

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Sample and method

Every saved board is reachable within a six-turn game. Remaining turns equal six minus the saved history length. The sampling policy is independent of the expected-survivor metric. Two states at each of three depths per opener were selected by a fixed hash from an independent candidate-only sampling policy. Every accepted guess was evaluated. Model answer-model-2026-11-05-9183a914c959, data through 2026-11-05. The score measures expected survivors, not proved solve length or human difficulty.

How this is calculated.

How the solver finds MRADS

The strategy receives only earlier guesses and their feedback. It does not know the answer before choosing a move. Guessing the answer itself on turn one is a lucky one-turn result, not a recommended general strategy.

Normal mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 147 after. This feedback leaves 147 candidates.

    All 147 surviving candidates

    AFARS, AGARS, AMIRS, ARAKS, ARARS, ARBAS, ARCOS, ARCUS, ARGUS, ARIAS, ARILS, ARNAS, ARNIS, ARPAS, ARSIS, ARSON, ARUMS, ARVOS, ARYLS, ASKAR, ASPRO, ASURA, BOARS, BRADS, BRAGS, BRAHS, BRAKS, BRANS, BRAWS, BRAYS, CHARS, CRABS, CRAGS, CRAMS, CRANS, CRAPS, CRAWS, CRAYS, CRIAS, CZARS, DRABS, DRAGS, DRAMS, DRAPS, DRAWS, DRAYS, DRYAS, DUARS, FIARS, FRABS, FRAGS, FRAIS, FRAPS, FRAUS, FRAYS, GNARS, GRABS, GRADS, GRAMS, GRANS, GRAVS, GRAYS, GUARS, HOARS, IZARS, KBARS, KNARS, KRABS, KRAIS, KRANS, KRAYS, KSARS, KYARS, LIARS, MBARS, MOARS, MRADS, MUSAR, ORALS, ORANS, ORCAS, OSARS, OSCAR, PRADS, PRAGS, PRAMS, PRAOS, PRAPS, PRAUS, PRAYS, PROAS, PSORA, RIADS, RIALS, RIBAS, RIVAS, RIZAS, ROADS, ROAMS, ROANS, ROARS, ROSAL, ROSHA, RUDAS, RUGAS, RUSAS, RUSMA, RYALS, SCARF, SCARP, SCARS, SCARY, SCAUR, SHARD, SHARK, SHARN, SHARP, SHURA, SIMAR, SIZAR, SKARN, SMARM, SNARF, SNARK, SNARL, SNARS, SNARY, SOARS, SOFAR, SOLAR, SONAR, SOPRA, SOWAR, SPARD, SPARK, SPARS, SUGAR, SUPRA, SWARD, SWARF, SWARM, SYMAR, URAOS, URVAS, VOARS, WRAPS, XRAYS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test CRAMS against the 147 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    147 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    MRADS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 6.068. Information: 2.199 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    MRADS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 3 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 2.

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Hard Mode

Our solver: bounded weighted policy. Current-pool replay over 14,855 accepted words. Model through 2026-11-05.

  1. The fixed opener tests its five letters.

    14,855 before → 147 after. This feedback leaves 147 candidates.

    All 147 surviving candidates

    AFARS, AGARS, AMIRS, ARAKS, ARARS, ARBAS, ARCOS, ARCUS, ARGUS, ARIAS, ARILS, ARNAS, ARNIS, ARPAS, ARSIS, ARSON, ARUMS, ARVOS, ARYLS, ASKAR, ASPRO, ASURA, BOARS, BRADS, BRAGS, BRAHS, BRAKS, BRANS, BRAWS, BRAYS, CHARS, CRABS, CRAGS, CRAMS, CRANS, CRAPS, CRAWS, CRAYS, CRIAS, CZARS, DRABS, DRAGS, DRAMS, DRAPS, DRAWS, DRAYS, DRYAS, DUARS, FIARS, FRABS, FRAGS, FRAIS, FRAPS, FRAUS, FRAYS, GNARS, GRABS, GRADS, GRAMS, GRANS, GRAVS, GRAYS, GUARS, HOARS, IZARS, KBARS, KNARS, KRABS, KRAIS, KRANS, KRAYS, KSARS, KYARS, LIARS, MBARS, MOARS, MRADS, MUSAR, ORALS, ORANS, ORCAS, OSARS, OSCAR, PRADS, PRAGS, PRAMS, PRAOS, PRAPS, PRAUS, PRAYS, PROAS, PSORA, RIADS, RIALS, RIBAS, RIVAS, RIZAS, ROADS, ROAMS, ROANS, ROARS, ROSAL, ROSHA, RUDAS, RUGAS, RUSAS, RUSMA, RYALS, SCARF, SCARP, SCARS, SCARY, SCAUR, SHARD, SHARK, SHARN, SHARP, SHURA, SIMAR, SIZAR, SKARN, SMARM, SNARF, SNARK, SNARL, SNARS, SNARY, SOARS, SOFAR, SOLAR, SONAR, SOPRA, SOWAR, SPARD, SPARK, SPARS, SUGAR, SUPRA, SWARD, SWARF, SWARM, SYMAR, URAOS, URVAS, VOARS, WRAPS, XRAYS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 414.45. Information: 5.74 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  2. Test CRAMS against the 147 candidates consistent with the earlier rows.

    147 before → 1 after. This feedback leaves 1 candidate.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    MRADS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 6.068. Information: 2.199 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

  3. Submit the only remaining candidate.

    1 before → 1 after. The answer is submitted and solved.

    All 1 surviving candidates

    MRADS

    Decision measures before feedback

    Expected remaining candidates: 1.0. Information: 0.0 bits. These measures describe the decision before its realised feedback.

Solved in 3 guesses. Uniquely identified on turn 2.

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How the fixed opener panel performs on this answer

OpenerFirst feedbackSurvivorsNormalHard Mode
TARSE01110 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)14733
CRANE02200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)1206Not solved in six
SLATE10200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)183Not solved in six5
ADIEU11000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)30155
STARE10210 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)6455
AUDIO10100 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)42555
RAISE11010 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)19565
ROATE10200 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)21055
SALET11000 (0 grey, 1 yellow, 2 green)40255
Normal mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 1 · 4 guesses: 0 · 5 guesses: 5 · 6 guesses: 2 · Failed in six: 1
Hard Mode
1 guess: 0 · 2 guesses: 0 · 3 guesses: 1 · 4 guesses: 0 · 5 guesses: 7 · 6 guesses: 0 · Failed in six: 1

The nine openers use the same pool and continuation policy. Across both modes: 3–6 guesses among successes; 2 of 18 configurations failed. This is performance on this answer, not an overall opener ranking.

60 openers set up a two-turn opportunity; examples include DREAM, DRAMA, FRAME, DRUMS, GRAMS, MADAM, MANDY, MAIDS, TRAMP, TRAMS. After their feedback, this answer is among the most likely survivors with at least half the model probability. This is an opportunity, not a guarantee. An opener that immediately solves is excluded.

A lesson from this route

This route identifies the answer on turn 2. Identifying a unique candidate and submitting it are separate actions.

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How this is calculated

The current policy checks all remaining candidates and up to 128 fixed probes. At six or fewer candidates it uses bounded lookahead, preferring modelled six-turn success, then speed among successes. Larger states use expected survivors as a heuristic. These are recommendations, not proofs of optimal play. Hard Mode retains green positions and revealed letter counts; it allows grey letters and a yellow in the same position. Candidate-only play is stricter.

Methods and limitations

Feedback distribution

MRADS can come back 88 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

406 answers
231 answers
223 answers
192 answers
113 answers
102 answers
99 answers
83 answers
72 answers
71 answers
67 answers
57 answers
41 answers
34 answers
33 answers
33 answers
27 answers
25 answers
24 answers
22 answers
22 answers
19 answers
18 answers
18 answers
17 answers
16 answers
15 answers
15 answers
15 answers
14 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3R1A1D2S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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

Strategy after playing MRADS

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to MRADS.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MRADS:

17% chance
Suggested:
TOILE
10% chance
Suggested:
CLOTE
9% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.0% →
TOILE 6.08 bits
9.7% →
CLOTE 5.40 bits
9.3% →
TOILE 5.42 bits
8.0% →
ROUET 5.09 bits
4.7% →
PALET 4.76 bits
4.3% →
TUILE 5.20 bits
4.1% →
CONTE 4.90 bits
3.5% →
STOPE 4.73 bits
3.0% →
STILE 4.45 bits
3.0% →
CLONE 4.82 bits

Research on MRADS

Game-tree analysis and word research for MRADS, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with MRADS, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.68 guesses and ranks #3,385 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with MRADS can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.63, at or below the proven-optimal 3.68, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).