5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUCIN

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːsɪn/

Noun

Any of several glycoproteins found in mucus

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 MUCIN performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUCIN 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 70.6% of games, misses completely in 29.4%, and leaves about 270 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,076 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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___N M in the 1st position and N in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__N U in the 2nd position and N in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE STILE CRATE ROATE STORE TARGE
Words starting with M Words ending with N

First-turn measures

4.35 Entropy (bits)
270 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.6% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUCIN 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,076 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUCIN ranks #4,076 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
57
3 guesses
915
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
184
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
INU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
24%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

94 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

693
230
163
145
113
99
89
69
66
57
48
43
42
35
34
31
23
20
18
18
17
17
16
15
15
11
11
9
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUCIN:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
10% chance
Suggested:
STILE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.4% →
TARSE 6.40 bits
9.7% →
STILE 5.32 bits
6.9% →
CRATE 5.67 bits
6.1% →
ROATE 5.28 bits
4.8% →
STORE 5.51 bits
4.2% →
TARGE 4.40 bits
3.8% →
SOREL 4.71 bits
2.9% →
PRASE 5.21 bits
2.8% →
TALER 5.06 bits
2.4% →
SAWER 4.66 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1C3I1N1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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