5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MULEY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Without horns.

Noun

A cow or deer without horns.

Noun

The mule deer.

Alternative forms: moolley, mooly, mulley

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 MULEY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MULEY 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 82.7% of games, misses completely in 17.3%, and leaves about 179 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,102 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.72 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN ARISE STAIR SNAIL SAINT SLATE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
179 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MULEY 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.

3.72 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#8,102 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MULEY ranks #8,102 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
62
3 guesses
838
4 guesses
1,174
5 guesses
249
6 guesses
30

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
83%
Green tile
39%
All gray
17%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

407
356
170
170
150
122
105
59
55
51
44
42
42
36
33
33
29
28
28
23
21
17
15
15
14
14
13
13
12
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MULEY:

17% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
15% chance
Suggested:
ARISE
7% chance
Suggested:
STAIR

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

17.3% →
TRAIN 6.30 bits
15.1% →
ARISE 5.38 bits
7.2% →
STAIR 4.57 bits
7.2% →
SNAIL 5.10 bits
6.4% →
SAINT 4.86 bits
5.2% →
SLATE 4.77 bits
4.5% →
SNOUT 5.15 bits
2.5% →
SORAL 3.56 bits
2.3% →
REAST 4.42 bits
2.2% →
ROAST 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1L1E1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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