5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MULSH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Obsolete spelling of mulch.

Verb

Obsolete spelling of mulch.

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 MULSH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MULSH 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 72.4% of games, misses completely in 27.6%, and leaves about 257 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,766 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___H M in the 1st position and H in the 5th position M__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

IRATE RAINE TIARE TRONE TROPE TARGE
Words starting with M Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.39 Entropy (bits)
257 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.56 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MULSH 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#4,766 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MULSH ranks #4,766 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
59
3 guesses
918
4 guesses
1,143
5 guesses
218
6 guesses
16
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
1 vowels
Common:
LSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
72%
Green tile
26%
All gray
28%

Feedback distribution

98 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

650
289
197
106
93
76
76
71
61
61
56
56
49
46
43
24
23
21
18
15
15
15
13
12
11
11
10
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MULSH:

28% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
12% chance
Suggested:
RAINE
8% chance
Suggested:
TIARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

27.6% →
IRATE 6.00 bits
12.3% →
RAINE 5.43 bits
8.4% →
TIARE 5.51 bits
4.5% →
TIARE 5.75 bits
3.9% →
TRONE 5.39 bits
3.2% →
TROPE 5.04 bits
3.2% →
TARGE 4.59 bits
3.0% →
ROATE 5.14 bits
2.6% →
IRATE 4.70 bits
2.6% →
RAILE 4.53 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1L1S1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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