5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MUMUS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 69.9% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

plural of mumu

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 MUMUS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUMUS 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 49.1% of games, misses completely in 50.9%, and leaves about 710 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,712 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.01 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__U_ M in the 1st position and U in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL TIARE LATER TRONE RAILE CARTE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

2.71 Entropy (bits)
710 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
69.9% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUMUS 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.

4.01 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.76 Volatility
#14,712 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUMUS ranks #14,712 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
26
3 guesses
531
4 guesses
1,219
5 guesses
530
6 guesses
44
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
2 vowels
Common:
SU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
49%
Green tile
18%
All gray
51%

Feedback distribution

46 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1201
428
118
117
77
71
55
38
35
35
30
23
15
14
12
9
9
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUMUS:

51% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
18% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
5% chance
Suggested:
LATER

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

50.9% →
ARIEL 6.07 bits
18.2% →
TIARE 5.62 bits
5.0% →
LATER 4.52 bits
5.0% →
TRONE 5.19 bits
3.3% →
RAILE 5.17 bits
3.0% →
CARTE 5.03 bits
2.3% →
SLANT 4.29 bits
1.6% →
ORATE 4.45 bits
1.5% →
SALET 3.81 bits
1.5% →
PLATE 4.32 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1M3U1S1
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 13 points

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