Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier for first-turn info

MUDIF

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

No dictionary definition for MUDIF is recorded in our sourced data.

Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Use MUDIF in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 83.6% of possible answers.

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

No completed appearance

No appearance in our globally completed history. A recent puzzle may still be live elsewhere.

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

How MUDIF performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUDIF 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 63.5% of games, misses completely in 36.5%, and leaves about 390 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #9,555 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.75 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.

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First-turn measures

All four describe MUDIF used as an opening guess. Entropy is the same idea as “avg ruled out” on a log scale: a higher number means the guess splits the possible answers into more, smaller groups.

3.83 Entropy (bits)
390 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
83.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MUDIF 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.

3.75 Avg guesses
99.92% Solved within six
0.69 Spread of game lengths
#9,555 Rank among openers
Opening with MUDIF left 2 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.69 means those games clustered within about 0.69 of a guess of the 3.75 average. It ranks #9,555 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
44
3 guesses
777
4 guesses
1,259
5 guesses
261
6 guesses
11

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
IU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
64%
Green tile
21%
All gray
36%

Feedback distribution

MUDIF can come back 74 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

869 answers
290 answers
162 answers
134 answers
98 answers
90 answers
82 answers
80 answers
59 answers
57 answers
40 answers
36 answers
33 answers
30 answers
22 answers
21 answers
17 answers
16 answers
14 answers
13 answers
13 answers
12 answers
11 answers
11 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
8 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1D2I1F4
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing MUDIF

What the solver recommends next for each way the board can respond to MUDIF.

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUDIF:

36% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
12% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
7% chance
Suggested:
TORSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

36.5% →
TARSE 6.36 bits
12.2% →
TRINE 5.37 bits
6.8% →
TORSE 5.38 bits
5.6% →
LEARE 5.25 bits
4.1% →
LATER 4.65 bits
3.8% →
SOARE 5.19 bits
3.4% →
FRATE 5.24 bits
3.4% →
COAST 5.06 bits
2.5% →
DROLE 4.56 bits
2.4% →
CANER 4.78 bits

Research on MUDIF

Game-tree analysis and word research for MUDIF, with an explanation for each figure.

Optimal play

Opening with MUDIF, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.78 guesses and ranks #9,549 of 14,855 legal openers. The best proven opener, TARSE, averages 3.55.

No guaranteed hard-mode solve In hard mode, no strategy that opens with MUDIF can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.75, at or below the proven-optimal 3.78, because the two figures score different answer lists.

These figures come from exhaustive game-tree search and are exact for the NYT lists of July 2023 (3,158 answers). They do not use the site's working answer pool.

Sources: Optimal-play values: Alex Selby's exhaustive Wordle analysis (MIT).