5 FiveLetterWords
Possible answer Not used yet F tier opener

MUCUS

MUCUS is on the solver's possible-answer list but has not appeared as a Wordle answer yet.

As an opener, it rules out about 79.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːkəs/

Noun

A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

“The mucus in coryza may vary from runny to viscous.”

Noun

Short for vegetable 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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

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 MUCUS performs as a guess

MUCUS is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 60.2% of games, misses completely in 39.8%, and leaves about 473 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,493 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.83 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE CRANE TRONE ALONE TALER
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.40 Entropy (bits)
473 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
79.9% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 5% of evaluated openers
2.55 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUCUS 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.

3.83 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#12,493 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUCUS ranks #12,493 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
35
3 guesses
687
4 guesses
1,302
5 guesses
303
6 guesses
23
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

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
60%
Green tile
18%
All gray
40%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
H U M U S
M U C U S

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MUCUS in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

63 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

939
374
229
91
91
90
66
53
46
34
33
31
30
25
24
18
17
17
12
10
9
9
9
9
6
6
6
6
5
5

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUCUS:

40% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
16% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
10% chance
Suggested:
CRANE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

39.8% →
ARIEL 6.16 bits
15.9% →
TIARE 5.70 bits
9.7% →
CRANE 5.60 bits
3.9% →
TRONE 5.15 bits
3.9% →
ALONE 5.18 bits
3.8% →
TALER 4.64 bits
2.8% →
NOIRE 4.78 bits
2.2% →
PROLE 4.60 bits
2.0% →
SLANT 4.34 bits
1.4% →
SALET 3.82 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1C3U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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