5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUTIC

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

As an opener, it rules out about 89.7% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Having no pointed process or awn; awnless.

Adjective

Lacking certain defensive structures, such as spines or claws.

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 MUTIC performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUTIC 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 74.0% of games, misses completely in 26.0%, and leaves about 242 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #6,180 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

SERAL RINSE CARLE SNORE SHIRT SAGER
Words starting with M Words ending with C

First-turn measures

4.37 Entropy (bits)
242 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
89.7% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 43% of evaluated openers
1.58 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUTIC 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
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#6,180 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUTIC ranks #6,180 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
51
3 guesses
902
4 guesses
1,144
5 guesses
236
6 guesses
18
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:
ITU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
74%
Green tile
22%
All gray
26%

Feedback distribution

89 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

614
237
235
178
103
97
77
70
59
58
49
44
44
37
34
28
26
22
17
16
16
15
14
14
13
13
11
11
9
9

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUTIC:

26% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
10% chance
Suggested:
SERAL
10% chance
Suggested:
RINSE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

26.0% →
SERAL 6.11 bits
10.1% →
SERAL 5.71 bits
10.0% →
RINSE 5.31 bits
7.5% →
CARLE 5.67 bits
4.4% →
SNORE 5.20 bits
4.1% →
SHIRT 4.56 bits
3.3% →
SAGER 4.56 bits
3.0% →
SOARE 5.14 bits
2.5% →
PALER 4.66 bits
2.5% →
SNORE 4.48 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1T1I1C3
Total: 9 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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