5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOOEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmuːi/

Noun

The mouth; the face.

Noun

The vagina or vulva.

Adjective

"Moo"-like; reminiscent of a cow.

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 MOOEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOOEY 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 79.6% of games, misses completely in 20.4%, and leaves about 251 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,292 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.82 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position MO_EY M in the 1st position, O in the 2nd position, E in the 4th position, and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SLANT SLART STAIR SAINT BARON SHART
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
251 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOOEY 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.

3.82 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.75 Volatility
#12,292 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOOEY ranks #12,292 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
732
4 guesses
1,199
5 guesses
342
6 guesses
30
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

4/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EO

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
47%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

482
481
217
187
105
89
85
64
58
52
42
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34
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24
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9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOOEY:

20% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
20% chance
Suggested:
SLART
9% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

20.4% →
SLANT 6.14 bits
20.4% →
SLART 5.71 bits
9.2% →
STAIR 4.67 bits
7.9% →
SAINT 4.88 bits
4.5% →
SLANT 4.88 bits
3.8% →
SLANT 4.56 bits
3.6% →
BARON 5.01 bits
2.7% →
SHART 4.94 bits
2.5% →
SLART 3.94 bits
2.2% →
SLART 4.11 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1O1E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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