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MOSSY

Yes, MOSSY was the Wordle answer on July 2, 2023 (Wordle #743).

As an opener, it rules out about 84.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒsi//ˈmɔsi//ˈmɑsi/

Adjective

Covered in or overgrown with moss.

Noun

Alternative form of mossie (“mosquito”).

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: July 2, 2023 (#743).

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

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How MOSSY performs as a guess

MOSSY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 65.1% of games, misses completely in 34.9%, and leaves about 368 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,011 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__Y O in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE TRONE LEANT TIARE RANCE REACT
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.79 Entropy (bits)
368 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
84.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 14% of evaluated openers
2.16 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOSSY 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#13,011 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOSSY ranks #13,011 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
31
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,231
5 guesses
338
6 guesses
36
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
1 vowels
Common:
OS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
65%
Green tile
34%
All gray
35%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S C O L D
B O S O M
M O S S Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOSSY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

67 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

824
240
230
181
132
83
74
62
48
39
30
30
29
29
27
23
23
21
19
17
16
16
15
13
11
10
8
7
6
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOSSY:

35% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
10% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
10% chance
Suggested:
LEANT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

34.9% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
10.2% →
TRONE 5.18 bits
9.8% →
LEANT 5.40 bits
7.7% →
TIARE 4.71 bits
5.6% →
RANCE 4.89 bits
3.5% →
RAILE 5.31 bits
3.1% →
REACT 5.10 bits
2.6% →
PEART 4.03 bits
2.0% →
DROLE 3.79 bits
1.7% →
NAICE 4.79 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1S1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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