5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUCID

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːsɪd/

Adjective

Musty; mouldy; slimy or mucous.

Adjective

Rotten, bad, worthless.

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 MUCID performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUCID 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 68.7% of games, misses completely in 31.3%, and leaves about 307 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,709 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___D M in the 1st position and D in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE CHARE SLANT DROLE SATER
Words starting with M Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.16 Entropy (bits)
307 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.79 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUCID 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.67 Volatility
#4,709 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUCID ranks #4,709 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
55
3 guesses
877
4 guesses
1,236
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
12
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:
IU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
69%
Green tile
24%
All gray
31%

Feedback distribution

90 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

738
277
193
134
113
90
77
63
53
49
47
44
35
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUCID:

31% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
8% chance
Suggested:
CHARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.3% →
TARSE 6.42 bits
11.7% →
TRINE 5.44 bits
8.2% →
CHARE 5.66 bits
5.7% →
SLANT 5.31 bits
4.8% →
DROLE 5.36 bits
3.8% →
SATER 4.70 bits
3.3% →
SOARE 5.21 bits
2.7% →
SLART 5.19 bits
2.2% →
DROLE 4.47 bits
2.1% →
CLINE 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1C3I1D2
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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