5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MVULE

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

Milicia excelsa, a tropical African tree yielding iroko wood.

Noun

The wood of this tree.

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 MVULE performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MVULE 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 76.9% of games, misses completely in 23.1%, and leaves about 225 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #8,865 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.74 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___E M in the 1st position and E in the 5th position M__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _V__E V in the 2nd position and E in the 5th position

Try next

TRAIN STAIR ROAST SONAR ALTER SNARY
Words starting with M Words ending with E

First-turn measures

4.38 Entropy (bits)
225 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 44% of evaluated openers
1.57 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MVULE 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.

3.74 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#8,865 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MVULE ranks #8,865 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
759
4 guesses
1,272
5 guesses
245
6 guesses
12
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:
ELU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
77%
Green tile
33%
All gray
23%

Feedback distribution

83 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

545
333
195
175
118
112
73
64
59
46
42
36
36
31
31
28
26
26
25
24
23
22
21
21
17
15
15
14
13
12

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MVULE:

23% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN
14% chance
Suggested:
STAIR
8% chance
Suggested:
ROAST

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

23.1% →
TRAIN 6.13 bits
14.1% →
STAIR 5.22 bits
8.3% →
ROAST 5.13 bits
7.4% →
SONAR 5.20 bits
5.0% →
ALTER 4.47 bits
4.7% →
SNARY 4.61 bits
3.1% →
SHART 4.63 bits
2.7% →
IDYLL 4.05 bits
2.5% →
ROAST 4.86 bits
2.0% →
SONAR 4.28 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3V4U1L1E1
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

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