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

MUGHO

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

No dictionary definition for MUGHO 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 MUGHO in a puzzle

As an opener, it rules out about 84.6% 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 MUGHO performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUGHO 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 66.1% of games, misses completely in 33.9%, and leaves about 368 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete opener benchmark, it ranks #10,528 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.77 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 MUGHO 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.

3.85 Entropy (bits)
368 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
84.6% Avg ruled out

As an opening guess: previous benchmark

How MUGHO 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.

3.77 Avg guesses
99.96% Solved within six
0.71 Spread of game lengths
#10,528 Rank among openers
Opening with MUGHO left 1 of the snapshot's answers unsolved after six guesses. A spread of 0.71 means those games clustered within about 0.71 of a guess of the 3.77 average. It ranks #10,528 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
780
4 guesses
1,214
5 guesses
300
6 guesses
16

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
66%
Green tile
17%
All gray
34%

Feedback distribution

MUGHO can come back 77 different ways. These are the most likely, and how many of the possible answers give each one:

809 answers
355 answers
188 answers
137 answers
103 answers
94 answers
81 answers
67 answers
44 answers
42 answers
37 answers
32 answers
29 answers
25 answers
25 answers
24 answers
21 answers
18 answers
16 answers
14 answers
13 answers
11 answers
11 answers
10 answers
10 answers
9 answers
9 answers
9 answers
8 answers
7 answers

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1G2H4O1
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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

Strategy after playing MUGHO

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

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUGHO:

34% chance
Suggested:
TALER
15% chance
Suggested:
SOLER
8% chance
Suggested:
CRATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

33.9% →
TALER 6.11 bits
14.9% →
SOLER 5.18 bits
7.9% →
CRATE 5.73 bits
5.7% →
STANE 5.28 bits
4.3% →
RAILE 5.30 bits
3.9% →
SLIER 4.70 bits
3.4% →
ARIEL 5.25 bits
2.8% →
CORSE 4.83 bits
1.8% →
SLANT 4.29 bits
1.8% →
SAYNE 4.44 bits

Research on MUGHO

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

Optimal play

Opening with MUGHO, a proven-optimal strategy averages 3.81 guesses and ranks #11,020 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 MUGHO can guarantee a solve within six guesses.

Our six-turn simulation says 3.77, at or below the proven-optimal 3.81, 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).