5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUTED

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.3% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Not expressed strongly or openly; subdued and understated

“muted criticism”

Adjective

Quiet or soft.

Verb

simple past and past participle of mute

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 MUTED performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUTED 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 81.1% of games, misses completely in 18.9%, and leaves about 181 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,130 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 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___D M in the 1st position and D in the 5th position M__E_ M in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _U__D U in the 2nd position and D in the 5th position

Try next

SALON SLANE ROAST SOLAR SHART SLUNG
Words starting with M Words ending with D

First-turn measures

4.71 Entropy (bits)
181 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.3% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 66% of evaluated openers
1.24 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUTED 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.

3.66 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,130 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUTED ranks #4,130 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
70
3 guesses
885
4 guesses
1,201
5 guesses
180
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
2 vowels
Common:
ETU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
81%
Green tile
32%
All gray
19%

Feedback distribution

102 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

446
319
207
159
127
78
69
66
64
63
53
44
43
38
38
37
36
24
21
21
19
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
14

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUTED:

19% chance
Suggested:
SALON
14% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
9% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

18.9% →
SALON 6.00 bits
13.5% →
SLANE 5.42 bits
8.8% →
ROAST 5.49 bits
6.7% →
SOLAR 4.49 bits
5.4% →
SHART 5.09 bits
3.3% →
SLUNG 4.89 bits
2.9% →
DEARE 4.66 bits
2.8% →
DANDY 4.76 bits
2.7% →
SNARY 4.05 bits
2.7% →
CLAMP 4.95 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1T1E1D2
Total: 8 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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