5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUGOS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.7% of possible answers.

Open Solver with MUGOS Open Word Finder

Meaning and pronunciation

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

Check MUGOS on Wiktionary or report a missing entry.

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 MUGOS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUGOS 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 290 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,091 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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__O_ M in the 1st position and O in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TALER STALE TRACE TIARE TRINE STORE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.17 Entropy (bits)
290 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 31% of evaluated openers
1.78 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUGOS 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#7,091 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUGOS ranks #7,091 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
52
3 guesses
859
4 guesses
1,196
5 guesses
226
6 guesses
20
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:
OSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
71%
Green tile
21%
All gray
29%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

689
295
255
96
95
91
81
74
64
52
41
41
34
32
28
28
24
23
22
20
19
14
13
12
12
12
11
10
9
7

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUGOS:

29% chance
Suggested:
TALER
13% chance
Suggested:
STALE
11% chance
Suggested:
TRACE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

29.2% →
TALER 6.10 bits
12.5% →
STALE 5.67 bits
10.8% →
TRACE 5.31 bits
4.1% →
TIARE 5.24 bits
4.0% →
TRINE 5.27 bits
3.9% →
STORE 4.58 bits
3.4% →
CLINE 4.47 bits
3.1% →
TALER 5.10 bits
2.7% →
RAILE 5.18 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.16 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1G2O1S1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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