5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MUFFS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 75.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of muff

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of muff

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 MUFFS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUFFS 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 54.9% of games, misses completely in 45.1%, and leaves about 578 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #13,945 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.90 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__F_ M in the 1st position and F in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE TRONE LATER CARNE SLANT
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

3.04 Entropy (bits)
578 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
75.5% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUFFS 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.

3.90 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#13,945 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUFFS ranks #13,945 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
28
3 guesses
609
4 guesses
1,313
5 guesses
387
6 guesses
17

Composition

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
55%
Green tile
16%
All gray
45%

Feedback distribution

52 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1064
405
138
111
104
99
79
68
36
34
22
20
18
15
14
13
13
9
9
8
7
7
5
5
5
5
4
3
3
3

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUFFS:

45% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
17% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
6% chance
Suggested:
TRONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

45.1% →
ARIEL 6.05 bits
17.2% →
TIARE 5.62 bits
5.8% →
TRONE 5.43 bits
4.7% →
LATER 4.64 bits
4.4% →
ARIEL 5.25 bits
4.2% →
ARIEL 5.48 bits
3.3% →
CARNE 4.92 bits
2.9% →
SLANT 4.24 bits
1.5% →
PLATE 4.38 bits
1.4% →
SALET 3.84 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1F4F4S1
Total: 13 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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