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MURUK F
80.1%
of words eliminated

How MURUK performs

Played first, MURUK removes about 80.1% of the possible-answer list on average and scores 3.37 bits of information. It is not on the possible-answer list, but it can still be useful because of the feedback groups it creates.

Tried against 1,859 past Wordle answers, MURUK left an average of 468 possible answers standing after the first guess. Its largest group in that replay came on July 21, 2026, when the answer was SHILL and 901 candidates survived.

First-guess odds

OutcomeMURUK
First-turn solve*0%
At least one green25.1%
Any green or yellow61.8%
Whole row gray38.2%
Worst case answers left901

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