5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUDGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mʌd͡ʒ/

Noun

mud; sludge

Verb

To move oneself; to stir.

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 MUDGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUDGE 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 74.6% of games, misses completely in 25.4%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,263 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.71 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__G_ M in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

COAST SOLAR SLART SLANT DRAIN ROANY
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 41% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUDGE 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.

3.71 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,263 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUDGE ranks #7,263 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
826
4 guesses
1,228
5 guesses
225
6 guesses
15
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:
EU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
32%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

96 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

600
374
221
113
98
83
81
74
64
41
37
33
32
30
24
24
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUDGE:

25% chance
Suggested:
COAST
16% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
9% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

25.4% →
COAST 6.00 bits
15.9% →
SOLAR 5.25 bits
9.4% →
SLART 5.30 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 5.23 bits
4.2% →
DRAIN 5.15 bits
3.5% →
ROANY 5.00 bits
3.4% →
ARIEL 4.54 bits
3.1% →
SALTY 4.18 bits
2.7% →
CLARY 4.90 bits
1.7% →
ROANY 4.49 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1D2G2E1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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