5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUNGE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mʌnd͡ʒ/

Verb

To transform data in an undefined or unexplained manner, as for example when data wrangling requires nonsystemic or nonsystematic edits.

Verb

To add a spamblock to (an email address).

Alternative forms: mung

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 MUNGE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUNGE 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 77.0% of games, misses completely in 23.0%, and leaves about 226 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #5,854 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.68 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__G_ M in the 1st position and G in the 4th position _U__E U in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL SOLAR SLART TRAIN LATER SOAPY
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.52 Entropy (bits)
226 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 53% of evaluated openers
1.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUNGE 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.

3.68 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#5,854 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUNGE ranks #5,854 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
863
4 guesses
1,198
5 guesses
212
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
2 vowels
Common:
ENU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
33%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

543
374
199
130
88
78
71
67
47
46
46
45
41
37
31
26
25
24
23
23
22
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13

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUNGE:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
16% chance
Suggested:
SOLAR
8% chance
Suggested:
SLART

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.0% →
TRAIL 6.04 bits
15.9% →
SOLAR 5.20 bits
8.4% →
SLART 5.42 bits
5.5% →
TRAIN 5.24 bits
3.7% →
SLART 5.12 bits
3.3% →
LATER 4.44 bits
3.0% →
SLART 4.34 bits
2.8% →
SOAPY 4.77 bits
2.0% →
SORAL 4.75 bits
2.0% →
ROAST 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1N1G2E1
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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