5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOCUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.2% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

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

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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 MOCUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOCUS 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 73.2% of games, misses completely in 26.8%, and leaves about 254 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,706 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _O__S O in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position MO_US M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, U in the 4th position, and S in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE STALE TRONE CRANE TALER SLART
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.32 Entropy (bits)
254 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.2% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOCUS 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,706 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOCUS ranks #5,706 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,189
5 guesses
208
6 guesses
17

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
21%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

633
277
187
163
146
119
74
62
58
39
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36
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25
23
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOCUS:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
12% chance
Suggested:
STALE
8% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.8% →
RAILE 6.15 bits
11.7% →
STALE 5.68 bits
7.9% →
TRONE 5.28 bits
6.9% →
CRANE 5.49 bits
6.2% →
TALER 5.15 bits
5.0% →
TALER 4.58 bits
3.1% →
SLART 4.36 bits
2.6% →
PRONE 4.21 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 5.14 bits
1.7% →
LIANE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1C3U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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