5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MURLS

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

As an opener, it rules out about 92.4% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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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 MURLS performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MURLS 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 83.5% of games, misses completely in 16.5%, and leaves about 180 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,812 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.63 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___S M in the 1st position and S in the 5th position M__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__S U in the 2nd position and S in the 5th position

Try next

COATE DAINE CANOE STANE STOAE CONTE
Words starting with M Words ending with S

First-turn measures

4.65 Entropy (bits)
180 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
92.4% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 62% of evaluated openers
1.30 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MURLS 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.

3.63 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#2,812 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MURLS ranks #2,812 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
63
3 guesses
950
4 guesses
1,142
5 guesses
181
6 guesses
17
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
1 vowels
Common:
LRSU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
84%
Green tile
25%
All gray
16%

Feedback distribution

101 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

390
353
227
219
85
74
71
65
63
63
59
48
45
44
43
31
30
27
26
21
21
21
15
14
13
13
13
11
11
11

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MURLS:

17% chance
Suggested:
COATE
15% chance
Suggested:
DAINE
10% chance
Suggested:
CANOE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

16.5% →
COATE 5.90 bits
15.0% →
DAINE 5.55 bits
9.6% →
CANOE 5.37 bits
9.3% →
STANE 5.60 bits
3.6% →
STOAE 4.91 bits
3.1% →
COATE 4.84 bits
3.0% →
DAINE 4.71 bits
2.8% →
CONTE 4.82 bits
2.7% →
PAISE 4.74 bits
2.7% →
BLAER 4.41 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1R1L1S1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 10 points

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