5-Letter Word

MUNGS

Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of india and indonesia and united states for forage and especially its edible seeds

M1
U2
N3
G4
S5
Letter positions
Word
mungs
Position 1
m
Position 2
u
Position 3
n
Position 4
g
Position 5
s
Structure
Vowel count
1
Consonant count
4
Unique letters
5
Repeated letters
No
Vowel positions
2
Game use
Wordle friendly
No
Scrabble score
8

Pattern Frequency

FilterWords% of 12,478
Words with 1 vowel (same as this word)3,73629.9%
Vowels at position 22,02216.2%
Words with no repeated letters8,01364.2%

Letter-Position Frequency

LetterPositionWords% of dataset
M16665.3%
U21,1379.1%
N39337.5%
G44093.3%
S53,80530.5%

Wordle Utility — Tier 3 — Weak opener

No repeated letters
Yes
Vowel count ≥ 2
No 1 vowel
No low-frequency tiles (Q, X, Z, J)
Yes

Tier 3 — Weak opener pool: 2,502 of 12,478 words (20.1%)

Scrabble Value

LetterPositionTile valueShare of score
M1338%
U2112%
N3112%
G4225%
S5112%
Total8Higher than 49% of 5-letter words (dataset median: 9)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is MUNGS a good Wordle opening word?
MUNGS has no repeated letters but only 1 vowel, below the ≥2-vowel threshold for opener classification. It falls in the Tier 3 pool of 2,502 words (20.1% of dataset). Better deployed as a second or third guess once vowel positions are partly confirmed.
What does MUNGS mean?
MUNGS: Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of india and indonesia and united states for forage and especially its edible seeds.
What is the Scrabble score for MUNGS?
8 points. Tile breakdown: M(3) + U(1) + N(1) + G(2) + S(1). The highest-value tile is M (3 points), contributing 38% of the total. This score is higher than 49% of the 12,478-word dataset (dataset median: 9 points).
What percentage of 5-letter words have 1 vowel?
3,736 of the 12,478 words in this dataset have exactly 1 vowel (29.9%). Full vowel-count distribution: 0 vowels: 51 (0.4%), 1 vowel: 3,736 (29.9%), 2 vowels: 7,415 (59.4%), 3 vowels: 1,249 (10.0%), 4 vowels: 27 (0.2%).

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