5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUSES

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

As an opener, it rules out about 88.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mjuːzɪz/

Noun

plural of muse

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of muse

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 MUSES performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUSES 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 75.2% of games, misses completely in 24.8%, and leaves about 273 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #12,890 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.84 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__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIL LEARE RAINY SLANT COUNT CLARY
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.04 Entropy (bits)
273 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
88.4% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUSES 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.

3.84 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.74 Volatility
#12,890 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUSES ranks #12,890 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
50
3 guesses
687
4 guesses
1,234
5 guesses
349
6 guesses
29

Composition

4/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ESU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
75%
Green tile
28%
All gray
25%

Feedback distribution

77 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

586
406
209
194
138
97
85
54
53
49
47
38
37
24
22
21
21
18
17
16
12
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
11
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUSES:

25% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL
17% chance
Suggested:
LEARE
9% chance
Suggested:
RAINY

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

24.8% →
TRAIL 5.95 bits
17.2% →
LEARE 5.45 bits
8.9% →
RAINY 4.25 bits
8.2% →
SLANT 5.18 bits
5.8% →
SLANT 4.76 bits
4.1% →
COUNT 4.69 bits
3.6% →
CLARY 4.29 bits
2.3% →
LOAMY 4.88 bits
2.2% →
SLANT 4.08 bits
2.1% →
TRUCE 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1S1E1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

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