5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MULES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 93.5% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mjuːlz/

Noun

plural of mule

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mule

Verb

To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.

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 MULES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MULES 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 83.2% of games, misses completely in 16.8%, and leaves about 153 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,196 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN TRADE SAINT FLAIL IRATE STAIR
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.86 Entropy (bits)
153 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
93.5% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 76% of evaluated openers
1.09 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MULES 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
0.70 Volatility
#4,196 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MULES ranks #4,196 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
76
3 guesses
884
4 guesses
1,179
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
14
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:
ELSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
30%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

395
275
166
153
147
124
108
64
58
53
46
44
40
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37
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14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MULES:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
12% chance
Suggested:
TRADE
7% chance
Suggested:
SAINT

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.8% →
TRAIN 6.11 bits
11.7% →
TRADE 5.57 bits
7.0% →
SAINT 5.31 bits
6.5% →
FLAIL 4.85 bits
6.2% →
IRATE 3.86 bits
5.3% →
STAIR 4.76 bits
4.6% →
PLATE 4.58 bits
2.7% →
GRUNT 4.79 bits
2.5% →
RAINY 4.04 bits
2.2% →
LEARE 3.51 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1L1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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