5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUSTH

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

As an opener, it rules out about 87.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /mʌst/

Noun

Chiefly preceded by in or on: the state each year during which a male animal (usually a camel or an elephant) exhibits increased aggressiveness and sexual activity due to a high level of testosterone.

Noun

An instance of this.

Alternative forms: must

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 MUSTH performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUSTH 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 68.4% of games, misses completely in 31.6%, and leaves about 296 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,812 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.67 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___H M in the 1st position and H in the 5th position M__T_ M in the 1st position and T in the 4th position _U__H U in the 2nd position and H in the 5th position

Try next

ARIEL PAIRE ARISE DRONE RAILE CHARE
Words starting with M Words ending with H

First-turn measures

4.33 Entropy (bits)
296 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
87.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 40% of evaluated openers
1.62 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUSTH 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.

3.67 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#4,812 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUSTH ranks #4,812 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
65
3 guesses
889
4 guesses
1,182
5 guesses
201
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
STU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
68%
Green tile
23%
All gray
32%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

746
210
197
106
86
85
84
78
58
49
45
44
42
41
33
31
25
24
20
20
19
17
15
15
15
13
13
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUSTH:

32% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
9% chance
Suggested:
ARIEL
8% chance
Suggested:
PAIRE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

31.6% →
ARIEL 6.17 bits
8.9% →
ARIEL 5.67 bits
8.4% →
PAIRE 5.49 bits
4.5% →
ARISE 4.81 bits
3.6% →
DRONE 5.25 bits
3.6% →
RAILE 5.28 bits
3.6% →
CHARE 5.18 bits
3.3% →
RAILE 4.62 bits
2.5% →
NOIRE 4.72 bits
2.1% →
SAKER 4.35 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1S1T1H4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 11 points

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