5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MOUSY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊsi/

Adjective

Resembling a mouse.

Adjective

Abounding in or infested with mice.

Noun

Diminutive of mouse.

Alternative forms: mousey, mousie

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 MOUSY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOUSY 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 72.6% of games, misses completely in 27.4%, and leaves about 245 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,194 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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 PARTE TRADE TRINE RANCE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.45 Entropy (bits)
245 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 48% of evaluated openers
1.50 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOUSY 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,194 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOUSY ranks #7,194 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
872
4 guesses
1,185
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
15
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
2 vowels
Common:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
73%
Green tile
37%
All gray
27%

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

647
209
203
144
113
103
70
64
62
55
47
36
35
35
31
29
29
28
26
24
23
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12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOUSY:

27% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
9% chance
Suggested:
TRONE
9% chance
Suggested:
PARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.4% →
RAILE 6.10 bits
8.9% →
TRONE 5.23 bits
8.6% →
PARTE 5.30 bits
6.1% →
TRADE 4.83 bits
4.8% →
TRINE 5.07 bits
4.4% →
RANCE 4.82 bits
3.0% →
REACT 5.06 bits
2.7% →
TRACE 4.85 bits
2.6% →
REACT 4.07 bits
2.3% →
RAILE 5.03 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3O1U1S1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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