5 Letter Words Starting with MA

There are 351 of them. The everyday ones include MAYBE, MAJOR, MARCH, MATCH and MAGIC.

351 in total, and 33 of them are on the Wordle answer list.

MALES, MAILS and MAKES narrow this list fastest. MALES leaves at most 151 words in the worst case.

79 of them, including MAKES, MARKS, MALES, MAILS and MATES.

Yes. MAYBE, MAJOR and MARCH all sit on the Wordle answer list, so the pattern is worth playing for rather than ruling out.

Yes. MARRY and MARIA are two of them. Crossing off a letter after one grey square is the quickest way to miss an answer like these.

Yes. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches. It is not on the Wordle answer list, so keep it for Scrabble.

MAYBE. It is the most ordinary word here that the answer list carries, so it is the guess to make when you want to win the round rather than learn from it.

Yes. Every word on this list is a legal guess, including the ones that look wrong. MAZUT and MAZIC are among them. Only a smaller set sits on the answer list, and those are the ones marked in green.

MACAW, MANGE and MANGY. All three are on the answer list, and none is a word you would reach for early, so they are worth remembering once the obvious guesses run out.