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MUMMY

Yes, MUMMY was the Wordle answer on October 23, 2022 (Wordle #491).

As an opener, it rules out about 64.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌm.i//ˈməm.mi/

Noun

An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.

Noun

A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films.

Verb

To mummify.

Alternative forms: mommy, mummie

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: October 23, 2022 (#491).

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

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How MUMMY performs as a guess

MUMMY is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 43.0% of games, misses completely in 57.0%, and leaves about 830 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,809 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.07 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__M_ M in the 1st position and M in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SARED STONE TARGE AROSE NOIRE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.49 Entropy (bits)
830 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
64.8% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.46 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUMMY 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.

4.07 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#14,809 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUMMY ranks #14,809 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
17
3 guesses
471
4 guesses
1,244
5 guesses
575
6 guesses
43
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

3/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
43%
Green tile
28%
All gray
57%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
B U D G E
M U M M Y

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MUMMY in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

37 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1344
267
228
110
61
61
47
41
37
25
16
13
13
10
9
9
8
7
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUMMY:

57% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SARED
10% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

57.0% →
TIARE 6.19 bits
11.3% →
SARED 4.86 bits
9.7% →
STONE 5.28 bits
4.7% →
TARGE 4.78 bits
2.6% →
AROSE 5.12 bits
2.6% →
NOIRE 5.00 bits
2.0% →
SLART 3.23 bits
1.7% →
ALONE 4.57 bits
1.6% →
SCARE 4.47 bits
1.1% →
ROATE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1M3M3Y4
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 17 points

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