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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess F tier opener

MUCKY

Yes, MUCKY was the Wordle answer on January 19, 2023 (Wordle #579).

As an opener, it rules out about 80.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌki/

Adjective

Covered in muck.

Adjective

Obscene, pornographic.

“a mucky magazine”

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: January 19, 2023 (#579).

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

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How MUCKY performs as a guess

MUCKY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 59.1% of games, misses completely in 40.9%, and leaves about 463 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,074 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.81 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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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__K_ M in the 1st position and K in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SORAL SNORE SOARE TARGE SERAL
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

3.56 Entropy (bits)
463 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
80.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUCKY 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.

3.81 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,074 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUCKY ranks #12,074 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
713
4 guesses
1,278
5 guesses
307
6 guesses
19

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
59%
Green tile
27%
All gray
41%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
C A D G E
M U C K Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MUCKY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

69 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

965
225
218
168
99
84
72
54
47
34
33
30
23
22
20
20
19
17
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15
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9
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7
6

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUCKY:

41% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
SORAL
9% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

40.9% →
TIARE 6.28 bits
9.5% →
SORAL 4.79 bits
9.2% →
TIARE 5.59 bits
7.1% →
SNORE 5.37 bits
4.2% →
SOARE 5.29 bits
3.6% →
TARGE 4.89 bits
3.1% →
SERAL 4.97 bits
2.3% →
NOIRE 4.88 bits
2.0% →
CARLE 4.00 bits
1.4% →
SLART 3.36 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1C3K5Y4
Total: 16 points

Words With Friends

Total: 18 points

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