5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

MOUSE

Yes, MOUSE was the Wordle answer on May 29, 2023 (Wordle #709).

As an opener, it rules out about 94.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /maʊs//mʌʊs//maʊz/

Noun

Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.

Noun

An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.

“My mouse needs new batteries.”

Verb

To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).

Verb

To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.

Alternative forms: mowse

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: May 29, 2023 (#709).

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

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How MOUSE performs as a guess

MOUSE 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 86.0% of games, misses completely in 14.0%, and leaves about 141 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,478 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__E O in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER TRAIL ADORN REACT SLANT CLARY
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

5.04 Entropy (bits)
141 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
94.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 85% of evaluated openers
0.91 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOUSE 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#6,478 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOUSE ranks #6,478 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
879
4 guesses
1,138
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
21
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

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EOSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
86%
Green tile
40%
All gray
14%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L U M P
M O U S E

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MOUSE in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

344
331
150
144
114
105
88
73
54
49
46
41
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOUSE:

15% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
14% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
6% chance
Suggested:
ADORN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

14.6% →
ALTER 5.35 bits
14.0% →
TRAIL 5.74 bits
6.4% →
ADORN 5.13 bits
6.1% →
REACT 4.51 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 5.12 bits
4.5% →
CLARY 4.47 bits
3.7% →
CURLY 4.35 bits
3.1% →
STEER 4.53 bits
2.3% →
PEART 3.78 bits
2.1% →
STOOL 3.70 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1U1S1E1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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