5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer C tier opener

MURLY

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

As an opener, it rules out about 90.8% 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 MURLY performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MURLY 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 80.5% of games, misses completely in 19.5%, and leaves about 216 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #7,080 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.70 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___Y M in the 1st position and Y in the 5th position M__L_ M in the 1st position and L in the 4th position _U__Y U in the 2nd position and Y in the 5th position

Try next

SAINE IRATE STOAE SATED STONE SCOTE
Words starting with M Words ending with Y

First-turn measures

4.47 Entropy (bits)
216 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
90.8% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 50% of evaluated openers
1.48 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MURLY 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.

3.70 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.72 Volatility
#7,080 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MURLY ranks #7,080 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
54
3 guesses
875
4 guesses
1,161
5 guesses
238
6 guesses
24
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:
LRU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
80%
Green tile
33%
All gray
20%

Feedback distribution

97 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

460
399
271
143
105
74
62
62
60
58
55
39
36
35
35
35
26
26
18
18
15
13
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13
13
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12
10
10
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MURLY:

20% chance
Suggested:
SAINE
17% chance
Suggested:
IRATE
11% chance
Suggested:
STOAE

Follow-ups for common patterns

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

19.5% →
SAINE 6.25 bits
16.9% →
IRATE 5.34 bits
11.5% →
STOAE 5.45 bits
6.1% →
SATED 4.84 bits
4.5% →
STONE 5.27 bits
3.1% →
SCOTE 4.93 bits
2.6% →
STADE 4.66 bits
2.6% →
ARIEL 4.24 bits
2.5% →
TOISE 5.07 bits
2.5% →
STONE 4.58 bits

Letter-value totals

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

Scrabble

M3U1R1L1Y4
Total: 10 points

Words With Friends

Total: 12 points

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