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MURKS C
88.2%
of words eliminated

How MURKS performs

Played first, MURKS removes about 88.2% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 4.12 bits of information. Its first-turn information ranks #10,610 out of 14,855 Wordle guesses tested. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,858 past Wordle answers, MURKS left an average of 281 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 18, 2026, when the answer was BOOTH and 615 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMURKS
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green20.8%
Any green or yellow73.9%
Whole row gray26.1%
Worst case answers left615

*Treating every word in the possible-answer list as equally likely.