5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer F tier opener

MUZZY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 65.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Adjective

Bewildered; dazed.

Adjective

Tipsy; drunk; involving drunkenness.

Noun

A Muslim.

Noun

moustache

Alternative forms: Muzzie, muzzie

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 MUZZY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUZZY 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 44.0% of games, misses completely in 56.0%, and leaves about 806 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #14,820 of 14,855 openers, averaging 4.08 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__Z_ M in the 1st position and Z in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

TIARE SARED STONE SOARE TARGE NOIRE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

2.48 Entropy (bits)
806 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
65.8% Avg ruled out
In the bottom 1% for first-turn entropy
3.47 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUZZY 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.

4.08 Avg guesses
99.8% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#14,820 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUZZY ranks #14,820 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
18
3 guesses
442
4 guesses
1,277
5 guesses
566
6 guesses
45
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

4/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
U

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
44%
Green tile
26%
All gray
56%

Feedback distribution

35 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

1321
259
225
124
110
68
46
41
28
18
17
15
9
9
8
8
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
1
1
1
1
1

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUZZY:

56% chance
Suggested:
TIARE
11% chance
Suggested:
SARED
10% chance
Suggested:
STONE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

56.0% →
TIARE 6.19 bits
11.0% →
SARED 4.89 bits
9.5% →
STONE 5.29 bits
5.3% →
SOARE 5.39 bits
4.7% →
TARGE 4.78 bits
2.9% →
NOIRE 4.89 bits
2.0% →
SLART 3.26 bits
1.7% →
ALONE 4.57 bits
1.2% →
STURE 4.00 bits
0.8% →
ALONE 3.72 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1Z10Z10Y4
Total: 28 points

Words With Friends

Total: 29 points

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