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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

MUSIC

Yes, MUSIC was the Wordle answer on September 17, 2023 (Wordle #820).

As an opener, it rules out about 89.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːzɪk//ˈmjʉwzɪk//ˈmju.zɪk/

Noun

A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.

“I keep listening to this music because it’s a masterpiece.”

Noun

Any interesting or pleasing sounds.

Verb

To seduce or entice with music.

Adjective

Musical.

Alternative forms: musick, musicke, musique, musike

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: September 17, 2023 (#820).

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

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How MUSIC performs as a guess

MUSIC 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 73.9% of games, misses completely in 26.1%, and leaves about 249 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,097 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.69 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___C M in the 1st position and C in the 5th position M__I_ M in the 1st position and I in the 4th position _U__C U in the 2nd position and C in the 5th position

Try next

ALTER TRINE STARE CRATE TRONE LATER
Words starting with M Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.30 Entropy (bits)
249 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
89.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 38% of evaluated openers
1.65 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUSIC 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.

3.69 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#6,097 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUSIC ranks #6,097 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
46
3 guesses
888
4 guesses
1,183
5 guesses
216
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:
ISU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
20%
All gray
26%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I M Y
M I N U S
M U S I C

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MUSIC in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

84 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

615
258
246
182
104
77
75
66
62
58
53
50
47
34
34
21
21
19
18
17
16
16
16
14
13
12
12
11
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUSIC:

26% chance
Suggested:
ALTER
11% chance
Suggested:
TRINE
10% chance
Suggested:
STARE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.1% →
ALTER 6.09 bits
10.9% →
TRINE 5.47 bits
10.4% →
STARE 5.65 bits
7.7% →
CRATE 5.68 bits
4.4% →
TRONE 5.30 bits
3.3% →
TRINE 4.46 bits
3.2% →
LATER 4.57 bits
2.8% →
TALER 4.90 bits
2.6% →
ROATE 5.00 bits
2.5% →
SLANT 4.37 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1S1I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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