5 FiveLetterWords
Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MULCH

Yes, MULCH was the Wordle answer on August 21, 2024 (Wordle #1159).

As an opener, it rules out about 86.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mʌlt͡ʃ/

Noun

Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.

“An organic mulch is a mulch made of natural substances such as leaves or grass clippings.”

Verb

To apply mulch.

“Mulch your vegetable garden to retain moisture and keep weeds down.”

Verb

To turn into mulch.

“I decided to mulch the grass clippings.”

Alternative forms: mulsh

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: August 21, 2024 (#1159).

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

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How MULCH performs as a guess

MULCH is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,359 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 68.1% of games, misses completely in 31.9%, and leaves about 314 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,642 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 guesses in games solved within six turns.

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Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___H M in the 1st position and H in the 5th position M__C_ M in the 1st position and C in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE TARSE TRONE CANER TARGE AROSE
Words starting with M Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.18 Entropy (bits)
314 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
86.7% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MULCH 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,642 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MULCH ranks #5,642 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
48
3 guesses
904
4 guesses
1,170
5 guesses
210
6 guesses
20

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
LU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
25%
All gray
32%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
M U L C H

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MULCH in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

88 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

753
301
127
124
121
85
82
73
54
49
44
40
38
35
30
27
23
21
20
15
14
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13
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9
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MULCH:

32% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
13% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
5% chance
Suggested:
TARSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.9% →
TIARE 6.24 bits
12.8% →
TIARE 5.43 bits
5.4% →
TARSE 5.74 bits
5.3% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
5.1% →
CANER 5.47 bits
3.6% →
TARGE 4.84 bits
3.5% →
AROSE 5.35 bits
3.1% →
SAVEY 4.78 bits
2.3% →
RIONE 4.81 bits
2.1% →
TIARE 4.89 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1L1C3H4
Total: 12 points

Words With Friends

Total: 15 points

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