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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess B tier opener

MURAL

Yes, MURAL was the Wordle answer on January 1, 2024 (Wordle #926).

As an opener, it rules out about 93.8% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmjʊɹəl//ˈmjɝəl//ˈmjʊəɹəl/

Noun

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

Adjective

Of or relating to a wall; on, or in, or against a wall.

“a mural quadrant”

Adjective

Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.

“a mural precipice”

Verb

To create a mural.

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

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: January 1, 2024 (#926).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How MURAL performs as a guess

MURAL is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 84.8% of games, misses completely in 15.2%, and leaves about 147 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #3,709 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.65 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.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___L M in the 1st position and L in the 5th position M__A_ M in the 1st position and A in the 4th position _U__L U in the 2nd position and L in the 5th position

Try next

SIENT TOISE CASTE STANE BIOSE STALE
Words starting with M Words ending with L

First-turn measures

4.90 Entropy (bits)
147 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
93.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 78% of evaluated openers
1.05 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MURAL 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.

3.65 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.71 Volatility
#3,709 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MURAL ranks #3,709 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
944
4 guesses
1,112
5 guesses
215
6 guesses
16
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:
ALRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
85%
Green tile
28%
All gray
15%

Example solver route

R O A T E
C A R R Y
M U R A L

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches MURAL in 3 guesses.

Feedback distribution

105 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

358
254
227
162
158
126
84
69
63
54
41
39
34
32
31
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16

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MURAL:

15% chance
Suggested:
SIENT
11% chance
Suggested:
TOISE
10% chance
Suggested:
CASTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

15.2% →
SIENT 6.21 bits
10.8% →
TOISE 5.24 bits
9.6% →
CASTE 5.28 bits
6.9% →
STANE 4.57 bits
6.7% →
BIOSE 5.02 bits
5.3% →
STALE 4.83 bits
3.6% →
STONE 5.12 bits
2.9% →
SIENT 4.48 bits
2.7% →
SHOTE 4.78 bits
2.3% →
SCOTE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1R1A1L1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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