5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MUREX

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈmjʊɚ.ɛks/

Noun

Any of the genus Murex of marine gastropods.

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 MUREX performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MUREX 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 77.7% of games, misses completely in 22.3%, and leaves about 233 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #11,357 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.79 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 4th position

Try next

TALON SLANT TRAIN TRAPE SOLAR SALTY
Words starting with M Words ending with X

First-turn measures

4.22 Entropy (bits)
233 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 34% of evaluated openers
1.73 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MUREX 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.

3.79 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#11,357 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MUREX ranks #11,357 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
43
3 guesses
756
4 guesses
1,226
5 guesses
299
6 guesses
28
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:
ERU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
78%
Green tile
30%
All gray
22%

Feedback distribution

72 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

525
362
234
151
135
114
100
80
59
57
44
39
39
36
35
29
19
19
19
16
14
14
14
12
11
11
11
10
8
8

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MUREX:

22% chance
Suggested:
TALON
15% chance
Suggested:
SLANT
10% chance
Suggested:
TRAIN

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

22.3% →
TALON 5.89 bits
15.4% →
SLANT 5.71 bits
9.9% →
TRAIN 5.32 bits
6.4% →
TRAPE 4.74 bits
5.7% →
SOLAR 3.55 bits
4.8% →
SLANT 5.19 bits
4.2% →
SLANT 4.82 bits
3.4% →
SALTY 4.17 bits
2.5% →
SALTY 4.63 bits
2.4% →
SOILY 4.85 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1R1E1X8
Total: 14 points

Words With Friends

Total: 16 points

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