5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUGIL

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.

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 MUGIL performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUGIL 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 70.8% of games, misses completely in 29.2%, and leaves about 276 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,329 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___L M in the 1st position and L in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

TARSE TRINE SLATE CRUST TONER SATER
Words starting with M Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
276 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUGIL 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,329 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUGIL ranks #4,329 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
60
3 guesses
911
4 guesses
1,169
5 guesses
198
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:
ILU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
25%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

95 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
248
235
128
81
74
73
72
70
65
44
43
43
24
23
23
21
19
18
17
17
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14
14
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11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUGIL:

29% chance
Suggested:
TARSE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
SLATE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TARSE 6.38 bits
10.5% →
TRINE 5.39 bits
10.0% →
SLATE 5.50 bits
5.4% →
CRUST 5.42 bits
3.4% →
TONER 4.68 bits
3.1% →
SATER 4.56 bits
3.1% →
ROAST 5.13 bits
3.1% →
CRATE 5.17 bits
3.0% →
TRADE 5.06 bits
2.8% →
AISLE 4.34 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1G2I1L1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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