5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUCRO

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A pointed end, often sharp, abruptly terminating an organ, such as a projection at the tip of a leaf; the posterior tip of a cuttlebone; or the distal part of the furcula in Collembola.

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 MUCRO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUCRO 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 76.3% of games, misses completely in 23.7%, and leaves about 221 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,395 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.64 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___O M in the 1st position and O in the 5th position M__R_ M in the 1st position and R in the 4th position _U__O U in the 2nd position and O in the 5th position

Try next

SLATE SATED SOOLE THALE SOOTE STANE
Words starting with M Words ending with O

First-turn measures

4.51 Entropy (bits)
221 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 52% of evaluated openers
1.44 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUCRO 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.

3.64 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,395 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUCRO ranks #3,395 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
66
3 guesses
942
4 guesses
1,125
5 guesses
203
6 guesses
16
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:
ORU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
22%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

560
292
218
131
130
94
81
67
62
58
53
39
36
33
31
27
26
22
21
21
18
18
18
16
14
12
11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUCRO:

24% chance
Suggested:
SLATE
12% chance
Suggested:
SATED
9% chance
Suggested:
SOOLE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.7% →
SLATE 6.42 bits
12.4% →
SATED 5.38 bits
9.2% →
SOOLE 5.24 bits
5.6% →
THALE 5.42 bits
5.5% →
SOOTE 4.44 bits
4.0% →
STANE 5.18 bits
3.4% →
STILE 4.74 bits
2.8% →
THALE 4.85 bits
2.6% →
CRATE 4.84 bits
2.5% →
STALE 5.14 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1C3R1O1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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