5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUCOR

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

As an opener, it rules out about 91.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːkə(ɹ)/

Noun

The property of being mucid.

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 MUCOR performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUCOR 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 76.2% of games, misses completely in 23.8%, and leaves about 210 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,253 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 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___R M in the 1st position and R in the 5th position M__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__R U in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE TIARE SLANE THALE ATONE STANE
Words starting with M Words ending with R

First-turn measures

4.62 Entropy (bits)
210 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.1% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUCOR 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.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#2,253 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUCOR ranks #2,253 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
977
4 guesses
1,106
5 guesses
193
6 guesses
13

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
26%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

103 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

561
266
184
131
107
94
93
81
61
58
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49
40
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUCOR:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
11% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
8% chance
Suggested:
SLANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.8% →
SLATE 6.42 bits
11.3% →
TIARE 5.52 bits
7.8% →
SLANE 5.23 bits
5.6% →
THALE 5.42 bits
4.5% →
ATONE 4.48 bits
4.0% →
STANE 5.18 bits
3.9% →
SAINT 4.20 bits
3.4% →
STILE 4.74 bits
2.6% →
TRACE 4.91 bits
2.5% →
STALE 5.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1C3O1R1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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